Our backyard was taken over by the Hairy Woodpecker and The Downy Woodpecker this 
morning. It's not unusual for us to see both species here on the North Shore year round. What made this morning special was the sheer number of each. They are frequent visitors to our feeders, but something else was attracting them this morning and if it wasn't the 6th day of February I would have thought they were mating. After doing a little research I discovered that Hairy Woodpeckers will hammer on dead limbs to proclaim it's territory. Could it be that a new flock was moving into the neighborhood and the locals were up in arms?
morning. It's not unusual for us to see both species here on the North Shore year round. What made this morning special was the sheer number of each. They are frequent visitors to our feeders, but something else was attracting them this morning and if it wasn't the 6th day of February I would have thought they were mating. After doing a little research I discovered that Hairy Woodpeckers will hammer on dead limbs to proclaim it's territory. Could it be that a new flock was moving into the neighborhood and the locals were up in arms?
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