Competition for fruit, I wonder? Pileateds eat a lot of fruit this time of year.
Marie Marie Read Wildlife Photography 452 Ringwood Road Freeville NY 13068 USA Phone 607-539-6608 e-mail m...@cornell.edu http://www.marieread.com Now on FaceBook https://www.facebook.com/pages/Marie-Read-Wildlife-Photography/104356136271727 ________________________________________ From: bounce-38145872-5851...@list.cornell.edu [bounce-38145872-5851...@list.cornell.edu] on behalf of Eben McLane [ebenmcl...@gmail.com] Sent: Wednesday, October 12, 2011 4:33 PM To: CAYUGABIRDS-L Subject: [cayugabirds-l] Am. Robin behavior question I just spent a half hour watching a flock of Robins mob a pair of Pileateds in the woods here above Owasco Lake, hounding them from tree to tree, chasing them up above the canopy and down into the understory. Why? Is it because they Can in such large numbers? And what threat would the woodpeckers be to them at this time of year? Eben McLane Scipio -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ -- -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
