Date: 10/7/25 5:21 pm From: Jerry Davis <jwdavis...> Subject: Re: Downy at hummingbird feeder
Downy, Hairy, and Red-belly woodpeckers and orioles use the hummingbird feeders often. The adults even show the young on the year how to do it, so the use continues for generations at my place. Sometimes the use is so frequent that it seems to irritate the hummingbirds because they cannot use it until the woodpeckers leave.
Jerry Wayne Davis Hot Springs
On 2025-10-07 5:41 pm, zoe caywood wrote: > I found this quite unusual as I looked out at hummingbird feeder and > there was a large bird feeding voraciously on the nectar!! It was a > female downy, dipping her beak & gulping the sugar water! I have fed > 140 lbs of sugar this year, but certainly have never seen another bird > except hummers!!! > > Sent from my iPhone > ############################ > > To unsubscribe from the ARBIRD-L list: > write to: mailto:<ARBIRD-L-SIGNOFF-REQUEST...> > or click the following link: > http://listserv.uark.edu/scripts/wa-UARKEDU.exe?SUBED1=ARBIRD-L&A=1
