Date: 9/8/26 5:46 am From: Allen Chartier <amazilia3...> Subject: Re: [birders] Downy Woodpecker
Mag,
Nectar is always a scarce food source, requiring hummingbirds to travel a
mile or more during the summer, and during fall migration nectar continues
to be scarce. So, a hummingbirds life is one of constant competition,
year-round.
On Tue, Sep 8, 2026, 8:17 AM Mag Tait <magtait1...> wrote:
> We’re at the point now, where the hummingbirds here are spending more time
> chasing each other around then feeding. Does anyone know why this happens
> every fall before migration?
> And Janet, I would love to see a picture of a big red-belly woodpecker at
> a hummingbird feeder !
> Sent from my iPhone
>
> On Sep 2, 2026, at 4:17 PM, Mag Tait <magtait1...> wrote:
>
> Now that’s a big bird to be on a hummingbird feeder!
> Sent from my iPhone
>
> On Sep 1, 2026, at 4:25 PM, Janet Hinshaw <jhinshaw...> wrote:
>
>
> I've never had downies at the hummer feeder but the red-bellies use it a
> lot in the spring.
> Janet Hinshaw
>
>
> On Tue, Sep 1, 2026 at 3:53 PM 'Barb Baldinger' via Birders <
> <birders...> wrote:
>
>> I watched a red-headed woodpecker make several trips to the hummingbird
>> feeder at Lake St. Clair Metropark.
>>
>> Barb Baldinger
>>
>> On Tuesday, September 1, 2026 at 03:46:35 PM EDT, Mag Tait <
>> <magtait1...> wrote:
>>
>>
>> I have seen this in the spring more often than now.
>> I have had house finches going to the grape jelly feeder all season.
>> Thankfully, the yellow jackets did not find it until yesterday. I’m still
>> getting some Orioles, but I think I’m just going to quit putting it out.
>> Sent from my iPhone
>>
>> On Sep 1, 2026, at 3:40 PM, Allen Chartier <amazilia3...> wrote:
>>
>>
>> I see this fairly often, including at my own feeders. I have captured
>> several Downy Woodpeckers in my hummingbird trap while banding hummingbirds
>> (under federal and state permits). I have also caught Baltimore Orioles
>> this way, as might be expected. And once, a Tennessee Warbler.
>>
>> Allen T. Chartier
>> Inkster, Michigan
>> Email: <amazilia3...>
>> Photos: http://www.flickr.com/photos/mihummingbirdguy/collections/ >> Website/Blog: http://mihummingbirdguy.blogspot.com/ >>
>> On Tue, Sep 1, 2026, 2:52 PM 'ARTHUR JEFFREY' via Birders <
>> <birders...> wrote:
>>
>> This Downy has been visiting my Hummingbird feeder all summer along with
>> the Hummingbirds and occasional Oriole.
>> I guess he got used to coming here for the winter suet feeding.
>>
>>
>>
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