Monday, August 13, 2007, 8:15-8:45 a.m. and 5:35-6:40 p.m.
Oakwood Park, Lorain
Observer: Paula Lozano

For more than a month I have spent time at Oakwood Park in Lorain, keeping
track of a red-headed woodpecker nest I found in June. On Monday, July 16 at
12:45 p.m. I observed both adults feeding at least one unseen nestling.
Finally, about 5:45 p.m. on Wednesday, August 8, and about the same time on
Friday, August 10, I saw one nestling.

Although I did not see the nestling this morning, Monday, August 13, I
observed both adults actively feeding it. (This morning an eastern
wood-pewee and white-breasted nuthatch were heard, and at least 4 eastern
bluebirds  and a half dozen chipping sparrows were seen in the immediate
area of the nest tree.) Between 5:35-6:40 p.m. a red-tailed hawk was perched
in the nest tree adjacent to the nest hole. Both adult woodpeckers spent the
entire hour scolding the hawk, with crests raised, flying around the area
and perching near the hawk. Only once did I see an adult go to the hole and
look inside it.

Paula Lozano
Lakewood, Ohio

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