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Awesome video! Wow!

Finches and Geraniums? We'll need to research this a bit more.
Here's a detail shot of the seed pods they were eating. I need to go gather some & see if there are ripe seeds in them or not.

PS I checked the seeds and they are not ripe, rather green and mostly liquid filled. ? The plant is pungent when bruised; could the Finches be self-medicating in some fashinon with this plant?
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Re: Downy Woodpecker

This spring I had noticed alot of activity on one poplar stump. Chickadees and Woodpeckers seemed to be digging alot of food out of it and I assumed it was an ant nest. The stump is around 10 feet high. There were several spots of activity. The first picture is a male downy at one of the two deeper holes being dug. Little pieces of wood pulp are in his beak. Picture taken May 9, 2008.

Yesterday I was wandering around photographing insects and I could hear baby birds peeping and squeaking in several spots. Then the female Downy woodpecker came and landed at the hole the male had been digging in may. Its their NEST! I could see two beaks after she pulled back. So I waited and caught a pic of her bringing a caterpillar to the brood (pic 2).

This nest hole is only about 4-5 feet off the ground. I had not expected them to nest in such a low spot.
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Crex Meadows hosts Black Terns. Some years there will be many as is the case this year. Most of my pictures turned out to be the birds flying away, but I did capture a few good moments. Pic 1 is the bird at the peak of the dive for food. Pic 2 is a different bird who had been successful in the hunt.
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I caught an overfly of Canada Geese on my astronomy cam this morning. This is about 6:00am and they are flying NW. Likely immature males without mates, heading from their roosting grounds to feeding grounds. Cruising the gut as it were.
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