Winter Posted August 22, 2018 Share Posted August 22, 2018 Just looking for confirmation that these 2 in the picture are both a Hairy and a Downy woodpecker. Also, are they both females or is one possibly still a juvenile? Thanks! Sorry for the poor quality of the photo. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark5 Posted August 22, 2018 Share Posted August 22, 2018 Looks good for both species. Don't know about age. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Winter Posted August 22, 2018 Author Share Posted August 22, 2018 Thanks! It's taken awhile to manage to snag this shot of them both together. Mystery solved at last! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Bird Nuts Posted August 22, 2018 Share Posted August 22, 2018 Yes, Downy on the left and Hairy on the right. Now you have a photo that you can refer to that shows the sizes of both compared to your feeder. ? 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TooFly Posted August 22, 2018 Share Posted August 22, 2018 @The Bird Nuts are they both adults? I always use bill size but didn’t realize such drastic size differences in bird. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TooFly Posted August 22, 2018 Share Posted August 22, 2018 @Winter where are you at and what are you feeding? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
akiley Posted August 22, 2018 Share Posted August 22, 2018 2 minutes ago, TooFly said: @Winter where are you at and what are you feeding? The tag says Maryland. Regardless of the tag, the heavily spotted wings indicate that both of these birds represent the Eastern subspecies group of their respective species. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Bird Nuts Posted August 23, 2018 Share Posted August 23, 2018 37 minutes ago, TooFly said: @The Bird Nuts are they both adults? I always use bill size but didn’t realize such drastic size differences in bird. I can't tell what their ages are from this photo...sorry. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charlie Spencer Posted August 23, 2018 Share Posted August 23, 2018 (edited) @Winter, what's the purpose of the keychain swivel clips hanging from each suet cage? Edited August 23, 2018 by Charlie Spencer Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HamRHead Posted August 23, 2018 Share Posted August 23, 2018 1 hour ago, Charlie Spencer said: @Winter, what's the purpose of the keychain swivel clips hanging from each suet cage? I'm guessing it's to keep the squirrels out. If I let them, my squirrels will open the cage up and take the whole cake out. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ruthcatrin Posted August 24, 2018 Share Posted August 24, 2018 The immature of both have a red cap that fades. There is a kinda reddish tinge to the Downy's head, so its not impossible that thats an immature bird with a fading cap. But here at least they won't lose that red cap till later in the season. So I'm leaning towards mature birds. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Winter Posted September 3, 2018 Author Share Posted September 3, 2018 On August 23, 2018 at 8:21 AM, HamRHead said: I'm guessing it's to keep the squirrels out. If I let them, my squirrels will open the cage up and take the whole cake out. Yeah, the squirrels kept opening up the suet feeders so I clipped on some keychains things I had lying around to try to keep them out. Seems to work. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Winter Posted September 3, 2018 Author Share Posted September 3, 2018 (edited) On August 22, 2018 at 7:52 PM, TooFly said: @Winter where are you at and what are you feeding? In Maryland. Suet is a seed, mealworm and berry mix block with hot pepper in it to help deter the voracious squirrels living in the huge oak tree above. The hot pepper is why it looks orangey and kind of gross. :-/ Edited September 3, 2018 by Winter 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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