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Photo by Maxine and Phil Schoggen, Nashville TN

At least two Downy Woodpeckers have taken to using the hummingbird liquid feeders. They are quite insistent. The hummingbirds make a dive or two at them but to no avail. Is this part of their repertoire or do we have some sugar-hungry Downy characters? There is a bird bath and occasional sprinklers available, but that does not seem to fill the bill. Is this common? We have lived in this location for 15 years and this is the first year we have seen this behavior. Clues?
Downy Woodpeckers will drink sugar water from humming bird feeders. It isn't very common to catch them doing it, but it does happen!

Red-tailed Hawk--Photo by Courtney Allender, Boston MA

I've been following Red Tailed Hawks around Boston since last November. This fledgling Red Tail is making an awkward landing on a tombstone in Boston's Old Granary Burial Ground. There was a nest on a building about 10 stories up, overlooking the cemetery; two of the three eggs hatched.