Date: 4/27/26 10:58 am From: Nate Dias (via carolinabirds Mailing List) <carolinabirds...> Subject: Re: Red-bellied Woodpecker predation on a nestling Carolina Chickadee
That is why I have a slate predator guard on my chickadee and bluebird
boxes!
A couple of weeks ago, when the Carolina Chickadees had a brood going in
the box, when a Red-bellied Woodpecker tried to come eat from the nearby
suet feeder, the male Chickadee would dive bomb it and drive it away. They
were feisty attacks that worked - to Red-bellieds stopped coming around
until the brood fledged.
Nathan Dias - Charleston, SC
On Mon, Apr 27, 2026 at 1:04 PM Will Cook <cwcook...> wrote:
"These days I prefer to hunt with a camera. A good photograph demands more
skill from the hunter, better nerves and more patience than the rifle
shot." -- Bror Blixen
