Ladder Backed Woodpecker
My stealing of other people's images continues.
This guy, the ladder backed woodpecker, is so named b/c his feathers form a ladder pattern on his back. What the name doesn't tell you is that this thing can hang upside down while it eats - I wish I could do that.
The main thing I like about this guy is that he has spunk.
You see, birds can be very picky about what type of seeds they like and don't like. Ladder back woodpeckers, like many of the birds that visit my feeder, happen to prefer sunflower seeds above all others. These birds are surprisingly unashamed about throwing all the other types of seed aside (they shovel it out with their beaks until they get to the good stuff). But this bird, he got tired of the shoveling, and so every now and then he'll perch on the metal hook that the bird feeder is suspended on and peck at the string that attaches feeder to hook in an effort to bring the whole thing crashing to the ground (that's my hypothesis, anyway).
That's why I say this one has spunk. He's a big thinker. While all the other birds patiently shovel unwanted seed away, this guy is trying to bring the whole operation down just so he will no longer have to lift a finger...err, claw. What a bird. What a boid!
And on the topic of spunk, I should mention that the Carolina Chickadee will peck on my window whenever the seed level gets too low, presumably to let me know that it is time to fill it up, and fast.
This guy, the ladder backed woodpecker, is so named b/c his feathers form a ladder pattern on his back. What the name doesn't tell you is that this thing can hang upside down while it eats - I wish I could do that.
The main thing I like about this guy is that he has spunk.
You see, birds can be very picky about what type of seeds they like and don't like. Ladder back woodpeckers, like many of the birds that visit my feeder, happen to prefer sunflower seeds above all others. These birds are surprisingly unashamed about throwing all the other types of seed aside (they shovel it out with their beaks until they get to the good stuff). But this bird, he got tired of the shoveling, and so every now and then he'll perch on the metal hook that the bird feeder is suspended on and peck at the string that attaches feeder to hook in an effort to bring the whole thing crashing to the ground (that's my hypothesis, anyway).
That's why I say this one has spunk. He's a big thinker. While all the other birds patiently shovel unwanted seed away, this guy is trying to bring the whole operation down just so he will no longer have to lift a finger...err, claw. What a bird. What a boid!
And on the topic of spunk, I should mention that the Carolina Chickadee will peck on my window whenever the seed level gets too low, presumably to let me know that it is time to fill it up, and fast.
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