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texdane
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Nicole
Sandy Hook
CT
USA
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 Posted - Jul 29 2010 : 6:58:57 PM
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Hi Girls! Thought you would get a kick out of this. I have never seen anything like it. Every summer I put a hummingbird feeder right out my kitchen door under the window. All summer we have swarms of hummers. This year, we have a new visitor, and he keeps sucking the feeder dry! Check out this downy woodpecker who keeps coming back and helping himself to a drink whenever he likes. He's making the hummingbirds nuts! They don't want to share.
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kristin sherrill
True Blue Farmgirl
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kristin
chickamauga
ga
USA
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Posted - Jul 29 2010 : 7:54:24 PM
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What a bad bird! Looks like you might need a few more feeders now.
Kris
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1badmamawolf
True Blue Farmgirl
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Teresa
"Bent Fence Farms"
Ca
USA
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Posted - Jul 29 2010 : 8:19:32 PM
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A woodpecker on a huge sugar high, that could be really dangerous for the trees on your place,lol...
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natesgirl
True Blue Farmgirl
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angela
martinsville
indiana
USA
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Posted - Jul 29 2010 : 11:10:02 PM
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That guy has a sweet tooth! Do you have maple sugar trees on your property? You've spoiled him rotten.
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amomfly
True Blue Farmgirl
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Angie
LaGrange
IN
USA
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Posted - Jul 30 2010 : 01:30:30 AM
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lol lol lol
I love it, he must need the sugar to pack the wood hard!!!
God Bless
Angie-amomfly
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texdane
Farmgirl Legend Chapter Leader Chapter Guru
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Nicole
Sandy Hook
CT
USA
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Posted - Jul 30 2010 : 05:39:39 AM
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We do have maple trees...is that why he has sugar tooth? It is so funny to see him but he keeps sucking the feeder dry!
Nicole
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katrina
True Blue Farmgirl
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Katrina
The Dalles
Oregon
USA
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LindaAlbert
Farmgirl in Training
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Linda
Belgrade
Montana
USA
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Posted - Jul 30 2010 : 1:40:31 PM
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Giving him some peanut butter packed into holes you've drilled into an old big branch that you've had to prune off might take the pressure off the nectar feeder. Personally I think he, is it he?, like a bear has just found a good feeding spot and as long as there's easy pickings won't work harder for his dinner.
Linda
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CountryBorn
True Blue Farmgirl
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Mary Jane
New York
USA
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Posted - Jul 30 2010 : 1:55:35 PM
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That is too funny! I have never seen a woodpecker go for the sugar water like that! I hope no one tells my woodpeckers about it, we have a zillion of them around here! I'd be broke refilling the feeder!
MJ
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Karrieann
True Blue Farmgirl
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Karrieann
Northeast
Georgia
USA
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texdane
Farmgirl Legend Chapter Leader Chapter Guru
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Nicole
Sandy Hook
CT
USA
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Posted - Jul 31 2010 : 12:33:34 PM
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Crazy thing came back again today, and sucked the feeder dry. Now the hummers are all at arms and keep buzzing me as I sit on the porch, like little tattle tales. I have new food made, it just has to cool. He really loves that sugar water!
Nicole
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edlund33
True Blue Farmgirl
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Marilyn
Renton
WA
USA
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Posted - Jul 31 2010 : 8:48:26 PM
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Too funny! Much better to have this character stealing sugar water than poking holes in your roof! If you have another feeder, you could try hanging it about 10-15 feet away from the one your woodpecker visits. That might be enough to ease the hummingbird's tension about their oversized guest. I've had a family of Flickers with four young ones who have been entertaining themselves by pecking through the cedar shingles on our roof this summer. We've already repaired several 2-4 inch diameter holes and I caught them out there again today. Aghh!
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Bear5
True Blue Farmgirl
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Louisiana/Texas
USA
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Posted - Aug 02 2010 : 8:52:23 PM
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Nicole:
What a hoot!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Thanks for showing us the picture. I guess that woodpecker liked that sugar water, too. LOL
Marly
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