Woodpecker !

dandysmom · 08-03-2007, 10:24 PM

She was at my suet cake when I was putting the trash out, and naturally I didn't have the camera with me ! This is a downy woodpecker, our smallest, about the size of a sparrow. I don't think you have the downeys in the UK, so copied a pic,,,it's a female, the makes have red on their heads. Haven;\'t seen one in a while.

alexgirl73 · 08-03-2007, 10:26 PM

Oh isn't she pretty! I know you Eileen, you'll be sitting at that window camera at the ready now, waiting for her to come back, lol!

Moli · 08-03-2007, 10:26 PM

Wow, DM what a fantastic picture...Its slightly different to the one we have in our garden....

dandysmom · 08-03-2007, 10:30 PM

Nope, the feeder's on the side of the house and the living room windows are the high-up ones on either side of the fireplace...where Leia was sitting with her tail hanging down in one pic! I would love to get a real pic of her, but you know if I take the camera outside with me, she won't come...Murphy's Law, lol !

Fran · 08-03-2007, 10:43 PM

Shame you didn't have the camera at the ready Eileen but it is Sod's law

That's a great piccie, I haven't seen one like that here in the UK

smudgley · 08-03-2007, 10:47 PM

lovely photo & he is a pretty little bird.

Mags · 08-03-2007, 10:54 PM

That's a very attractive woodpecker Eileen, I have only ever seen one once

dandysmom · 08-03-2007, 11:02 PM

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Originally Posted by Mags

That's a very attractive woodpecker Eileen, I have only ever seen one once

I thought they were a North American woodpecker only! Do you also have therm in the UK? Cute litlte things, aren't they...so small!

Mags · 08-03-2007, 11:04 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by dandysmom

I thought they were a North American woodpecker only! Do you also have therm in the UK? Cute litlte things, aren't they...so small!

No, I meant I have only seen one of our UK woodpeckers once!
Ours are a bit bigger than that one.....

dandysmom · 08-03-2007, 11:13 PM

I remember someone here posted a pic of a green woodpecker...we don't have them; it was a very attractive bird. woodpeckers are reasonably common here, as we're near the park...I've seen the red-headed the hairy and the flicker...latter is huge !

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