■^91-] Bohl. KS o/i //n: Tello-LV-bcllicd Woodpecker. 2CQ 



During the forenoon I nailed to the tree near the drills two tiny 

 cups of birch bark. These I filled with maple syrup. The birds, 

 althoui^-h not disturbed by these cups, did not then drink from 

 them. In the course of the morning- I shot a Crow and two Blue 

 Jays from where I sat, but the Sapsuckers, although greatly 

 startled by the reports, returned quickly after their first fright. 



The day following, July 33, I was on duty at the tree from 9 

 A.M. until 12.30 P.M. I lay on the ground concealed by the 

 spreading branches of a beech tree ; my watch hung from a twi<T 

 before my eyes, while equipped with pencil and paper, I took 

 notes of all that occurred from minute to minute throughout the 

 day. My record runs as follows : — 



Wednesday, July 23, 9 a.m. Arrive, climb tree, fill cups, male Sapsucker 

 comes, scolds, goes off. No insects in the sap. 



9.08. Male returns, dips from six holes. 



9.09. Goes out on dead limb. 



9. II. Hummer takes sap from two holes. I could hear no humming-. 



Male quiet. 



9.15. Young Woodpecker comes. 



9.17. Goes out on limb, having dipped 37 times in 9 holes. Male flies. 



9.20. Young dips 39 times from 13 holes. 



9.22. Goes out on limb. 



9.26. Male comes, dips 15 times from 9 holes. 



9.27. Male drills a new hole. Hummer comes and goes; gets nothing. 



9.28. Young flies north. 



9.30. Male catches insect on the wing, goes on limb. Catches another 



insect on wing. 



9.32. Hear a Hummer. Male drums. 



9.34. Male dips from four holes. Flies west. 



9.44. Male returns, dips 9 times, 7 holes, goes on limb — drums, preens. 



9.47. Hear drumming. 



9.50. Female comes from north, they chatter. Male flies north. 



9.51. Female dips, goes on further side of tree and drills. 



9.52. Comes to cups, tastes syrup in one. 



9.53. Flies away, east. 



10.01. Male comes from north, dips 17 times, 12 holes. 

 10.03. Flies north. Hear a Hummer. 



10.09. Female comes from east, dips in drills and then from cup No. i, 

 4 times. 



10.10. Flies east. 



10.37. Female comes. 



10.38. Male comes. Female dips 4 times in cup No. i and goes east. 



10.39. Male dips in 5 holes, taps on bark, preens. 



10.42. Goes out on limb, scratches and preens. Seems to have lice. 



