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Author Garden: Red-Bellied Woodpecker Oui guest posted                 Range: Throughout the Southeast Habitat: Any wooded area including urban wooded areas or scrub areas. Food: Wood boring insects, will hunt in the lawn for beetles, ants and grasshoppers. Will come to feeders for sunflower seeds, corn, suet and nutty suet. Plants that attract Red-bellied Woodpeckers: any berry bushes, any nut trees, fruit trees. Seeded: 64.12.117.7 loz guest posted                 Thanks for the picture ...I love woodpeckers. Ever since they discovered my suet feeder they've been eating me out of house and home.... Seeded: 70.16.181.106 Thornius The Bird Man Member # 5603 posted                       After the Downy Woodpecker, these are the MOST common woodpeckers to come to feeders. * * * * A bird in the hand......can sometimes be a mess. Plants: 2894 | From: Nashville, TN | Registered: May 2005  |  Seeded: 70.149.131.236 Oui guest posted                 I see a LOT more Downy then Red-bellied...Not sure why that is..All the woodpeckers are hitting one suet feeder...I have 4 and it appears they have not touch any of them except that one...hummmmmmm Seeded: 152.163.101.7 Thornius The Bird Man Member # 5603 posted                       That is typical, Oui. You rarely see Red-Bellied at feeders, even though they are the second most common of the Woodpeckers. Birds have a favorite feeder that they ALWAYS use and will not use ANY other feeders even if their feeder is EMPTY and all the others are full!!! * * * * A bird in the hand......can sometimes be a mess. Plants: 2894 | From: Nashville, TN | Registered: May 2005  |  Seeded: 70.149.131.236 Bestofour Garden Pro! Member # 1423 posted                       Now, this is one bird I see a lot. Thanks for the picture. * * * * http://www.picturetrail.com/bestofour Plants: 3667 | From: Monroe, NC | Registered: Aug 2003  |  Seeded: 205.188.116.9 loz guest posted                 Thornius, could you do me a favor? Could you start a post for me and post a picture of the different types of woodpeckers.....I'd like to see them all in one place....I'd really appreciate it. Seeded: 70.109.65.86 Thornius The Bird Man Member # 5603 posted                       There are hundreds of different kinds of woodpeckers on Earth but I can put the ones I know Best and some of the more unusual ones, Loz. * * * * A bird in the hand......can sometimes be a mess. Plants: 2894 | From: Nashville, TN | Registered: May 2005  |  Seeded: 70.149.131.236 loz guest posted                 Wow, there are hundreds? I was thinking maybe 6 or 7 different kinds tops. I'd appreciate any pictures that you have of them though--I find that fascinating.....Thanks Thornius. Seeded: 70.16.190.214 Oui guest posted                 Well, I thought by putting pics up of each bird that I see...As I see them. Then adding little information re the bird and the types of PLANTS that attract them to try to make my topics fit the forum better...You know......Bird and Butterfly Gardens... hummmm...K Seeded: 64.12.117.7 Thornius The Bird Man Member # 5603 posted                       That is a GREAT idea, Oui! I'm already working on the Woodpecker pictures, Loz, I have some of U.K. Woodpeckers, too. My friend on Birders World Forum, dlee, posted pictures of a male and female Downy he took yesterday, and I stole them! I'll try to get a picture of the young ones too, and do that for each species. * * * * A bird in the hand......can sometimes be a mess. Plants: 2894 | From: Nashville, TN | Registered: May 2005  |  Seeded: 68.19.195.202 loz guest posted                 That really is a great idea Oui.... And thanks again Thornius... Just remember you should only post 3 pictures at a time in one post. Seeded: 70.16.190.214 Thornius The Bird Man Member # 5603 posted                       THREE!!! I THOUGHT IT WAS 3,000!! * * * * A bird in the hand......can sometimes be a mess. Plants: 2894 | From: Nashville, TN | Registered: May 2005  |  Seeded: 68.19.195.202 slredmond Dream Gardener Member # 6650 posted                       Thornius - what is the woodpecker that looks very much like the pileated except MUCH smaller? We have had one adopt us this winter. Very bold - our feeder is next to the drive way, and we can walk or drive by him and if he's attacking the suet he's too busy to worry about humans. We're in SW Michigan. * * * * Sandy R. Plants: 239 | From: SW Michigan | Registered: Aug 2005  |  Seeded: 12.1.219.253 Thornius The Bird Man Member # 5603 posted                       You probably have a Downy Woodpecker. They are one of the most frequent visitores to feeders, especially suet feeders, in the U.S. Pileated are crow-sized and have a red head crest like a Cardinal or Blue Jay. Downys have a round, smooth head with NO crest and are about the SIZE of a Cardinal. Here is a picture of male Downy Woodpecker taken by my friend, dlee, on the birdersworld.com forum. MALE DOWNY WOODPECKER - DLEE * * * * A bird in the hand......can sometimes be a mess. Plants: 2894 | From: Nashville, TN | Registered: May 2005  |  Seeded: 70.156.13.223 loz guest posted                 Aww he looks so cute! That's the type I've noticed around here before. Seeded: 70.106.42.204 Thornius The Bird Man Member # 5603 posted                       There's another woodpecker that's found in the same area as the Downy called the Hairy Woodpecker. The two species are virtually IDENTICAL in every way EXCEPT, the Hairy is a little larger and the bill of the Hairy is about 3/4 the length of the head whereas the bill of the Downy is about 1/4 the length of the head. So to distinguish the two we look First at the bill/head ratio and SECOND the body size. The Downy is also about 3 times more common than the Hairy, and although the two species are always found near each other they NEVER interbreed. * * * * A bird in the hand......can sometimes be a mess. Plants: 2894 | From: Nashville, TN | Registered: May 2005  |  Seeded: 70.156.13.223 Thornius The Bird Man Member # 5603 posted                       Here is a comparison Photo I just got off Google Image Search showing a comparison of a male Downy Woodpecker on the left and a male Hairy Woodpecker on the right. Look at the difference in the bill-to-head length of the two woodpeckers. DOWNY WOODPECKER (LEFT), HAIRY WOODPECKER (RIGHT) MALES * * * * A bird in the hand......can sometimes be a mess. Plants: 2894 | From: Nashville, TN | Registered: May 2005  |  Seeded: 70.156.13.223 slredmond Dream Gardener Member # 6650 posted                       What a terrific picture! But... looks like the same size, however our friend has a bit of crest. I'll try to get a picture of him the next time he stops by for dinner. * * * * Sandy R. Plants: 239 | From: SW Michigan | Registered: Aug 2005  |  Seeded: 207.69.138.141 slredmond Dream Gardener Member # 6650 posted                       OK - I had a senior moment. Our boy is the downy - he doesn't have the crest as I remembered. * * * * Sandy R. Plants: 239 | From: SW Michigan | Registered: Aug 2005  |  Seeded: 12.1.219.253

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