I have a flicker who hangs on the tree trunk next to the suet feeder and
actively discourages other birds from feeding there. I have had to put
up a second feeder to accommodate the other woodpeckers and
the small birds that nibble at suet.

The flicker lurks on the lee side of the feeder on cold, blustery days like 
today.
It will monopolize the feeder this way for hours.


--Pat

Pat Valdata, Elkton, MD | 
"The natural function of the wing is to soar upwards
and carry that which is heavy up to the place where dwells the race of gods.
More than any other thing that pertains to the body
it partakes of the nature of the divine." --Plato