First woodpecker sighting!
Jan. 25th, 2023 10:20 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
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Snowed a bit in the night, not a lot but enough to be a pain. Mushy icy snow. The sparrows gave me a piece of their mind when I went out to do the water and food. They didn't even wait for me to get in the house.
A little later I went out to scrape bad spots on the sidewalk and sprinkle a little ice melt (I nearly fell this morning putting out the trash bin). Came around the corner and saw a bird on the suet cage! It flitted up to the oak branch above and gave me a hard stare, so even with my poor vision I saw it very clearly. Went inside and checked Merlin:
Downy woodpecker - female
When I listened to the call recordings in I have definitely heard this bird many times.
A little later I went out to scrape bad spots on the sidewalk and sprinkle a little ice melt (I nearly fell this morning putting out the trash bin). Came around the corner and saw a bird on the suet cage! It flitted up to the oak branch above and gave me a hard stare, so even with my poor vision I saw it very clearly. Went inside and checked Merlin:
Downy woodpecker - female
When I listened to the call recordings in I have definitely heard this bird many times.
Thoughts
Date: 2023-01-25 09:02 pm (UTC)Same here. I'll take that over the forecasted snowdump.
>>Came around the corner and saw a bird on the suet cage! It flitted up to the oak branch above and gave me a hard stare, so even with my poor vision I saw it very clearly. Went inside and checked Merlin:
Downy woodpecker - female<<
Yay! They will get used to you, or at least mine have. They hang overhead and squeak when they see me refilling the feeders. :D
>>When I listened to the call recordings in I have definitely heard this bird many times. <<
I think they sound like squeaky toys.