I was just sitting here watching the TapOut show on Vs and decided to go ahead and make another blog entry. If nothing else, it will bring a little balance to my karma since I have managed to sit through two UFC shows, a WEC show before the TapOut show… okay okay, I’m a MMA junkie, but having spent a number of years on the mats and striking the bags, it tends to stick with you. So what better way to compensate than to add an entry on my fluffy friend(s) the Downy Woodpecker.
There are two twins (one male and one female) that have been visiting my feeders from the first day I put them up. Actually, I have had the privilege of watching them slowly mature and they feel like an adopted part of the family. Here is a baby picture of the male:
Both of them are very laid back and have never been aggressive to other birds or care if there are other birds feeding at the same time. They did struggle a little bit at first because they couldn’t figure out how to actually get at the seeds on the big feeder. They would latch onto the side and keep pecking at the side. The female was the first to understand how to use the openings and then eventually the male figured it out. Here is the female as a baby really submerging herself in the feeding process:
