I happened to look out at the feeder at the right time ….. to see a woodpecker having some snacks.
The camera, of course, was not nearby but fortunately I have options!! So I grabbed the iPad, started the camera and was able to snap three photos.
I took these images at a distance. I was moving in closer and closer but it flew off before I got a good image.
The other bird is a new visitor as well:
On the top of the feeder: white-breasted nuthatch
On the bottom: red-bellied woodpecker.
So now we have had a downy woodpecker, a red-headed woodpecker, and a red-bellied woodpecker at the feeder. Pretty exciting.
-- - Debbie, SW Ontario Canada (USDA Hardiness Zone: 5a)
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daltxguy
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posted 90 days ago
The birds must have finally gotten internet and they looked you up on bestbirdfeeders.com
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MsDebbieP
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posted 90 days ago
haha I’d better buy some more bird seed
-- - Debbie, SW Ontario Canada (USDA Hardiness Zone: 5a)
Karson
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Nice catch.
-- Karson retired in DE e-mail karson_morrison@bigfoot.com
stefang
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posted 90 days ago
Great photo Debbie. He looks a little like Woody.
-- Mike the reluctant gardening assistant of Lillian
Jimthecarver
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posted 90 days ago
Good to see the little birds have a good meal.
:-)
-- JTC
Horsetail
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posted 89 days ago
Nice picture.Has the nuthatcher been there all winter?
Horsetail
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posted 89 days ago
This little guy was hanging around a bush lot near here within sight from the road in the daytime!
MsDebbieP
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posted 89 days ago
The white-breasted nuthatch sighting is the first ever. We keep a pretty close eye on the feeders as they are right outside our living room windows and we had never seen this type of nuthatch before.
-- - Debbie, SW Ontario Canada (USDA Hardiness Zone: 5a)