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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Zoogoer2000 - Packwatcher" data-source="post: 1912546" data-attributes="member: 85756">I woke up to the sound of a downy woodpecker in the neighbourhood this morning <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /> Quite a shrill call they have! lolWhen I walked downstairs, there was a note for me from ym mother saying that she saw a woodpecker eating shelled peanuts upside down off the clinging mesh feeder. It was covered in brown spots, about the size of a corn cob with a long black beak and she did research and thought it was a juvenile Red-Headed WoodpeckerI did more research and my final choices as to what it could be wereBrown CreeperNorthern FlickerImmature Yellow Bellied Sapsucker Immature Red Headed WoodpeckerIt later returned and I was able to confirm it as an immature Yellow Bellied Sapsucker ! I now have suet out as well, so hopefullly it keeps returning! My nuthatches are also sticking around, which im very happy about <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" />On a walk tonight at the park I saw White-breasted nuthatches, Northern Flicker and Blue Jay along with alot of squirrels!</blockquote>