. The Wilson bulletin . red on the edge. He put hishead into the opening and screeched, at which she dartedout and permitted him to enter. The old rotten tree seemed to furnish a strong attractionto the woodpeckers and chickadees on account of the manylarvae under the bark. A Chickadee, Downy Woodpecker, The Home of the Great Crest 433 Red-headed Woodpecker, and Flicker came to the tree atvarious times. The woodpeckers were driven away by theGreat Crests, but they paid no attention to the Downy and Red-head tried the trick so often practicedby the Red-heads on the Kingbirds, when
. The Wilson bulletin . red on the edge. He put hishead into the opening and screeched, at which she dartedout and permitted him to enter. The old rotten tree seemed to furnish a strong attractionto the woodpeckers and chickadees on account of the manylarvae under the bark. A Chickadee, Downy Woodpecker, The Home of the Great Crest 433 Red-headed Woodpecker, and Flicker came to the tree atvarious times. The woodpeckers were driven away by theGreat Crests, but they paid no attention to the Downy and Red-head tried the trick so often practicedby the Red-heads on the Kingbirds, when they meet alongthe country roads. Whenever the Kingbird discovers a Red-head on a telephone pole he immediately tries to attack woodpecker simply dodges around the pole and goes onabout his business. The Kingbird takes his position on awire and goes to catching insects, all the time keeping oneeye on the woodpecker. Sooner or later the Red-head startsfor another pole and the Kingbird gets the chance he has been. The nestlings at 12 days. Taken July 13, the day beforethey left the nest. waiting for all the time. Both the Downy and Red-headtried this trick on the Great Crests and successfully workedit as long as they only had one of the parents to contend with,but came off second best when the other parent entered thegame. 434 The Wilson Bulletin—No. 93 A Cowbird came into the nest tree while the female wasin the nest, sneaked to the nest opening and looked in. Whatshe saw was evidently not reassuring as she quickly backedaway and flew off. A squirrel crossing the glade was vigorously attacked andmade to scamper for refuge to the nearest tree. Once safelythere he turned and expressed his opinion of the Great Crestin shrill and violent language. The most vicious performance which I witnessed was anattack on an immature Bronzed Crackle. He blundered intothe nest tree while the male was sitting on one of the topmostbranches, and had hardly settled himself when he was stru
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