Bird Watching: Daily Bird Pictures, Volume 459, 1 by Chillybean

Chillybean wrote:
This was at a bird blind in Des Moines. I got a kick out of the big Hairy woodpecker eating from the finch feeder. My timing was off getting a picture of the Downy landing on it.

I asked someone what is in the feeder to attract the woodpeckers and they said it is Nyjer mixed with sunflower chips. The woodpeckers really like those chips.

About squirrels, we enjoy them, but then they do not come here very often. The last time was this summer when the Grackles and Swallows dive bombed the thing during nesting season. We can see them now and again at the various bird blinds in town. The people are pretty diligent about baffles and such, but seed always gets knocked to the ground, so the critters have something to eat.