We got a bit of a cold snap and some sleet on Friday and the birds dropped some of their aversion to eating in a back yard patrolled by a known bird-killing cat. I just opened the window a little bit and was able to shoot in the cold without gloves or a coat. Pretty handy.
I'm unsure why a flicker would be interested in eating seeds. I thought woodpeckers ate bugs they found under the bark of trees.
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I think that’s a red bellied woodpecker. All sorts of woodpeckers eat grains, berries and seeds, especially in winter. We have a few woodpeckers (red bellied and downy) that visit our feeders every day. We don ‘t have a window we could open to take their picture, though. That would require actually sitting out in the cold – which is why we don’t have any.
Great ice & bird shots. I’m envious.
So true to the nature of Blue Jay, scattering the seed that way.