tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5456195848900902802.post1725123957908794398..comments2023-08-28T07:30:59.692-05:00Comments on MOVING ON TO THE PAST: Woodpeckers !Kathy Felsted Usherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10471923897561942341noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5456195848900902802.post-24154291019798767542012-02-03T12:50:10.643-06:002012-02-03T12:50:10.643-06:00Hey, they were gone this morning after having sat ...Hey, they were gone this morning after having sat for two days. A possum probably got them. They'll eat anything.Yahoobuckaroo's Bloghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17621308885893253608noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5456195848900902802.post-87981393838693233392012-02-03T04:58:13.440-06:002012-02-03T04:58:13.440-06:00LOL--I'm sure your neighbors are loving it. W...LOL--I'm sure your neighbors are loving it. Wow, you'd think a stray dog or something would eat them.Kathy Felsted Usherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10471923897561942341noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5456195848900902802.post-41816884646416742332012-02-02T20:30:04.670-06:002012-02-02T20:30:04.670-06:00I like woodpeckers, but I still say that if you fe...I like woodpeckers, but I still say that if you feed the birds, they won't bother eating the spiders and mosquitoes, and if you live off a lake you know what a pain spider webs can be. So the trick may be to have just enough food to draw them in, but not enough to make them full.<br /><br />Don't try the low cal bread though. I had some of that 35 calorie per slice stuff and decided it wasn't fit for human consumption, so I tossed it out front to the birds. When I came out the next day they had eaten only the white middle section and left the crust (which is even less tasty), so I have all these rings of crusts still laying on the front lawn. Birds ain't so dumb.Yahoobuckaroo's Bloghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17621308885893253608noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5456195848900902802.post-78881796703735426122012-02-02T20:13:13.380-06:002012-02-02T20:13:13.380-06:00And this is small compared to pileated ones. They...And this is small compared to pileated ones. They have a funny cry and I think I hear them predawn looking for the suet. I have to take it in at night or the raccoon climbs up the deck and steals food.Kathy Felsted Usherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10471923897561942341noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5456195848900902802.post-63475222103558024082012-02-02T19:07:19.889-06:002012-02-02T19:07:19.889-06:00That looks like a huge woodpecker in that first ph...That looks like a huge woodpecker in that first photo. We have a woodpecker in the neighborhood. I've caught sight of him a few times. He's cute but no where as big as that one.Mannyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15396201693030286919noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5456195848900902802.post-89451289248426846322012-02-02T18:30:21.700-06:002012-02-02T18:30:21.700-06:00We have an issue with one of them that wants in ou...We have an issue with one of them that wants in our chimney. My husband got a boat air horn and blew it up there so it would fly away. I don't know how long it will stay away though,Kathy Felsted Usherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10471923897561942341noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5456195848900902802.post-48193307373165394772012-02-02T17:11:24.468-06:002012-02-02T17:11:24.468-06:00Your woodpeckers are so pretty. We had one once, ...Your woodpeckers are so pretty. We had one once, but he kept pecking on the side of my house and wouldn't touch the feeders. He was not as pretty as yours.Farmgirl Heidihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07550237327556460565noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5456195848900902802.post-24062252891263519562012-02-02T09:56:16.988-06:002012-02-02T09:56:16.988-06:00I'm glad you are enjoying your woodpeckers! We...I'm glad you are enjoying your woodpeckers! We are NOT enjoying the one that decided to peck the wire out of the bird block board in the eaves of Jerry's workshop and take up residence! Grrr!Candy C.https://www.blogger.com/profile/07863818451136277378noreply@blogger.com