A picture of a female Downy Woodpecker on the suet feeder… It’s actually one of my better bird pictures in a while – click on the image will get you a larger view of the photo.
The reddish thing on the left of the feeder all wrapped up in chicken wire is a pomegranate we rescued from Max and Carols – based on this awesome post over at Jeph’s Spot… the only problem has been… our over-wintering flock of 6 Bluebirds could care less about the red fruit – or any other “Bluebird specific” food item we provide…
Which is good in many ways – we think it means they have all the food they need out here – naturally… and that’s why we have so many of them around all the time.
But – enough about the Bluebirds – this picture is all about how cool the little Downy lady is…
That IS a great picture! I have downy woodpecker visits all the time…
I’ve actually noticed NO visitors to the birdfeeders this past week. I don’t know if it’s because I went a couple days with them empty before restocking last week, or if it was the big thaw we had, revealing tastier, more naturally-found stuff elsewhere. We’ll see how things change with this new winter storm hitting…
They will be back.