Our Downys have been patronizing our suet feeders after virtually ignoring 
them all winter!  Only hummers at our hummingbird feeders.

Jim Nelson
Bethesda, Montgomery County

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Susan Hunt" <>
To: <>
Sent: Sunday, July 22, 2007 7:42 AM
Subject: Re: [MDOSPREY] Downy Woodpecker and a Hummingbird feeder


> Yes - my downy (or downies) almost prefer the hummingbird feeder to the 
> suet (the feeders are close to each other - maybe that's my mistake). I 
> never saw this before and was just wondering the same thing -- is it 
> common or do we have a generation of downies with a "sweet tooth"?
>
>  Susan Hunt
>  Wheaton
>
> Mic <> wrote:
>  Has anyone every seen a Downy Woodpecker eating/drinking from a 
> Hummingbird
> feeder? We have one that we've seen do this on several occasions. Just
> wondering how common this is.
> Michelle Dunn
> Catonsville, MD
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