Backyard Woodpecker

Over the past couple of months we've had a red-bellied woodpecker hanging around our backyard. Every morning I've heard his pecking on our backyard trees. It's a regular sound of the start of the day and it continues all day too.

He has also learned how to get some seeds from our birdfeeder. For years now the red-bellied woodpecker in our yard has spent a lot of time on Mark's feeder next door but would occasionally come over to our feeder and stand around on the top like a lot of larger birds often do. However, this year and in particularly the past month or so he has learned how to cling to the bottom of our feeder and stretch his neck into the slot to grab some seeds with his long beak. It's actually very fun to watch.

Now he is a regular at our birdfeeder too. I did write about this woodpecker a few years ago and his frustration at our birdfeeder.