Downy Woodpeckers are year-round residents of our area, raising their families in summer as well as spending winters here. When the breeding season arrives, a pair selects a nest site in a dead ...

Downy woodpeckers form pairs very early in ... Downies excavate or reuse a cavity in a dead tree or use a woodpecker nesting box. The female lays four to five white eggs. “I feed downies year- ...

Two downy woodpeckers and a barred owl were among the 94animals admitted to the von Arx Wildlife Hospital at the Conservancy of Southwest Florida last week. Other admissions include a black ...

Nuttall’s, hairy, and downy woodpeckers all nest in holes in wood excavated with their strong beaks, and now acorn woodpeckers nest a few blocks away from Crab Cove. That’s right, at least ...

The downy woodpecker is the smallest and frequents ... and are very particular about which trees they nest in. There are only about 14,000 of them remaining, and a conservation program is trying ...

Before and after feeding, the downy woodpeckers perch near ... I've read of red-bellied woodpeckers pulling nestling bluebirds out of nest boxes to feed to their own young. Q: How common is ...

The Downy Woodpecker and Red-Bellied Woodpecker in this video are pulling whole hot pepper suet nuggets from this feeder. Birds will readily eat hot pepper foods, while mammals like squirrels ...

In addition, downy woodpeckers need several boxes, as they are used for multiple purposes. The nest is usually a gourd-shaped hollow about 8-12 inches deep, with some chips of wood left in the ...

Downy woodpeckers, on the other hand ... Getting rid of woodpeckers between now and nesting time could be a difficult challenge though, Rader said. “[Woodpeckers] are pretty persistent, once ...