We've seen this behavior several times the past few years. Since our feeder is only a foot away from a sliding door it's a great way to observe Downies up close without optical assistance.
David McCartt --- On Wed, 10/19/11, Dave Nutter <[email protected]> wrote: From: Dave Nutter <[email protected]> Subject: [cayugabirds-l] Downy Woodpecker at hummingbird feeder To: [email protected] Date: Wednesday, October 19, 2011, 8:52 PM My friend Stefhan Ohlström, who lives near EcoVillage on Ithaca's West HIll, just sent me 2 photos of a Downy Woodpecker clinging awkwardly to a hummingbird feeder and apparently managing to drink from it. I don't have hummingbird feeders, so I don't know how unusual it is. It certainly looks ridiculous. Has anyone else on the Cayugabirds-L seen this? --Dave Nutter -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: Welcome and Basics Rules and Information Subscribe, Configuration and Leave Archives: The Mail Archive Surfbirds BirdingOnThe.Net Please submit your observations to eBird! -- -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
