Parenting

I'm watching a parent (can't tell if it's Mom or Dad) red-bellied woodpecker encourage a young woodpecker to forage.  The parent is chasing the child around the tree trunk gently pecking at him while the child squeaks and ducks.  Yesterday the parent was still feeding the child with just an occasional encouraging peck.  Today I think the parent is about out of patience.  The young woodpecker reminds me of a teenager--a bit disheveled and awkward, sometimes whining, and without the dramatic coloration and confidence of the parent.  As all children do, I'm sure that within days he'll become a handsome, self-assured adult, ready to take on the world (and my bird feeder.)