I went to Lazelle Woods at 7:00 this morning trying to get breeding 
confirmation for the red-bellied woodpecker.  For a while I was afraid 
that the cavity I was watching was a dummy cavity since it is in full view 
of an active Cooper's hawk nest but then on recent mornings I have seen 
the male stick his head out of the cavity and call for the female.  This 
morning I watched that cavity for over an hour and I finally saw what I 
wanted to see: the female and the male trading shifts.
If that had been the only thing I saw, it would have been fine with me 
since that is what I set out to see but I also saw both Cooper's hawks 
(how long after nest building until they start nesting?) song sparrows, 
northern cardinals, American robins, white-breasted nuthatches, and a 
killdeer.

Al La Sala
Columbus, OH

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