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| Red-bellied Woodpecker |
One of the adults is almost always on the nest.
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| Red-bellied Woodpeckers |
Periodically, they have a changing of the guard.
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| Red-bellied Woodpeckers |
One leaves and the other takes over what I imagine, not being able to see inside the nest, incubation.
I noticed that the female is banded the other day. In case you aren't aware, when a bird is banded, a record is kept of the date, time and location at which it was done. An ornithologist can have a sense of the age of the bird, and where it has been the next time it is examined.
They have light nets spread. The bird flies into the net and is captured so that it can be banded and observed. Don't try this at home. You must have a permit as a researcher to do this.
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