Acorn Woodpeckers - Family Feeding and Housekeeping!

 I have another video of some Acorn Woodpeckers with some interesting behaviors.  At the 0:17 mark, there are three adults bringing food to the nest.  They live in family groups of up to a dozen or more individuals, and they cooperate in raising young. I also noticed that they sometimes fly out of the nest with something white in their beaks.  You can see this at 1:03 and 1:12.  When an acorn woodpecker chick eats food delivered by one of its parents, it conveniently produces a “fecal sac” a few seconds later. The adult bird just has to wait a few seconds for the sac to emerge and then, out of the nest it goes.  Good housekeeping!