[obol] Downy clings...

[Lars and Gail Norgren]

      This is apparently routine with
Pileated Woodpeckers. I saw one hanging
upside down in a Cascara at the jct of
Wood's Creek and Old Peak Roads(Benton Co)
almost 40 years ago. My father had assumed
it was a Band-tailed Pigeon and was getting
ready to shoot it. They spend hours in the
Dogwoods at our house each fall. Sometimes
more than one bird is upside down on the
same branch.   Lars Norgren
On Feb 5, 2007, at 10:23 PM, Karan & Jim Fairchild wrote:

> This brings to mind watching a Pileated Woodpecker feasting on blue  
> elderberries.  It had apparently learned to land upright on the
> stem well below the berry umbels, then work it's way out until its own  
> weight turned the branch (and the bird) upside down.  I had
> to wait to see how on earth it would take off from the head down  
> position once all the berries were eaten. This wasn't a problem,
> even when the inverted takeoff was only a foot above surrounding  
> vegetation.
>
> Flight? I can't even swallow upside down!
> Jim Fairchild
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Jason Randolph (Conservation For The Oregon Coast)"  
> <conserve at tidelink.net>
> To: "Obol" <obol at lists.oregonstate.edu>
> Sent: Monday, February 05, 2007 9:03 AM
> Subject: [obol] Downy clings...
>
>
> | Hola all... I am feeling quite ill today and stayed home from work.  
> As I
> | passed a window I caught a glimpse of something moving. I stopped,  
> gazed
> | and discovered a male DOWNY WOODPECKER clinging to a small willow  
> shoot
> | no more than 1/4 inch in diameter. I actually watched him work many  
> of
> | the same sized shoots, all just a few feet from the ground.
> |
> | I have never seen a Downy on such objects. Is this a fairly normal
> | behavior? In the process of climbing the shoots, his weight would  
> bend
> | the shoot, causing him to go backwards, at which time he would fly to
> | another.
> |
> | Anyhow, thanks for the responses...
> |
> | Jason in Charleston
> |
>
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