I would guess that that is two adults Pete. We had a family nesting in a nest box hanging from our birdfeeder tree a couple of years ago. The parents were frantically gathering beakfuls of insects and zooming into the box then stopping for a quick sunflower seed on their way back to hunt for the kids’ meal. They didn’t want to take the more nutritious food for themselves was my interpretation
Linda > On Jul 5, 2021, at 12:42 PM, Peter Saracino <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Very cool. > I have a brood of chickadees who will be fledging soon. An adult has been > feverishly bringing caterpillars for days. They decided to nest in a old > decorative log on my porch that has a woodpecker hole in it. > They are wonderful company. > Pete Sar > > >> On Mon, Jul 5, 2021, 12:38 PM Linda Orkin <[email protected]> wrote: >> I’m sitting on my front porch on Muriel street listening to a young >> chickadee practicing and mimicking adult parent’s song. His song has a more >> slurry less crisp whistle to it and he’s mostly just doing the first note of >> “hey sweetie”. The adult is up on a higher branch and singing his complete >> hey sweetie clear whistled song around every fifth time the young one tries. >> And then the the young one holds the whistled tone more clearly and is >> more likely to be able to complete the phrase. He also tries to accompany >> simultaneously. Very neat. >> >> Linda Orkin >> Ithaca, NY >> -- >> >> 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/[email protected]/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/[email protected]/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/ --
