I posted a couple of months ago that we were having interlopers using our hummingbird feeder (https://journeyinamazinggrace.blogspot.com/2024/10/its-supposed-to-be-hummingbird-feeder.html). Our neighbor, on the other side of our park model/casa told us that Linda (who used to own our park model) had problems with the woodpeckers using her hummingbird feeder too, but the neighbor never had that problem. I got to thinking that maybe the proximity of the palm tree trunk gave the woodpecker easy access and that we should move the hummingbird feeder (I had it up in the same place that Linda had placed it).
So, we moved it...
We still get the small birds (I think they are a type of finch) in the new location. |
But we do get some hummingbirds too -- they are SO quick it is hard to get a picture of them at the feeder! |
On this day, the feeder was pretty much empty and the two finches were staring in the window at me as if to say, "Hey! You're not doing your job here!!!" |
We have seen the woodpecker once, but we think he is coming less frequently. In the old location, we thought that, in addition to drinking from the feeder, he made it off-balance so it leaked onto the ground (or wall) underneath more. The new location is more directly in front of our desk area, so we can see the birds come while we're on our computers - which gives us more enjoyment.
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