wacko red bellied pecker

This was an experience because I had never seen anything like it, I am sitting on my deck and I see this pecker pitch on the telephone pole, then he jumped onto this tree... I went oh crap now its attacking the nuthatch hole

It started ripping leaves / straw or whatever was in there out of the hole, then the 2 nuthatches came and were making quite the racket attacking the pecker trying to defend their territory, the pecker was none to bothered by it.

Then the really weird thing a robin came over and perched about 2 feet from the pecker on the same tree and just started squawking at it like crazy trying to help the nuthatches, then a chickadee flew over to watch all the commotion. After a minute or so of the robin screaming at it I guess the pecker had enough and flew off. I am assuming the nuthatches have babies or at least eggs in the tree but I didnt see or hear any of them.

I am not sure why the pecker did it, I am guessing it was looking for a nest of its own, I have not seen one around since the winter.

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It was looking for a snack, maybe some eggs or a little meat ball. Saw one two years ago do the same thing to a House Wren nest hole in a small tree, but it was too small and too deep for him to get anything.

so it will eat the eggs? make no wonder the poor little tits were screaming their heads off

Sure, it will eat anything it can get. Even the adult birds.

How did that custom function work on your lenses?

Great shot, he looks like a Punk

canonloader wrote in post #7983827
Sure, it will eat anything it can get. Even the adult birds.

How did that custom function work on your lenses?

works awesome !!! I am loving it, thanks for the tip I changed that and also setup the * button to do the focusing and I find it much better now

turns out they were not tits at all they were house wrens , I saw a tit looking in that hole a few weeks ago so i assumed thats what it was and I was not near

I have a small birdhouse on my deck now all of a sudden it looks like house wrens are moving in they have been building a nest there all day, I wonder if its the same ones from the tree and they are giving up, or preparing for the 2nd group

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Let's hope they use it. The House Wren male will build 3 or 4 nests, then the female picks the one she wants to use and the others are abandoned. Hows that for picky?

Interesting story and very nice shots as well...

canonloader wrote in post #7984455
Let's hope they use it. The House Wren male will build 3 or 4 nests, then the female picks the one she wants to use and the others are abandoned. Hows that for picky?

sounds about right based on my experiences hahaha

Stormin_24 wrote in post #7984542
Interesting story and very nice shots as well...

thanks Norman

Great story, glad everything turned out ok...Jegg

Great shots and account of the action.

Love the woodpecker shot.

ok I was able to clean this up a bit and sharpen it

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That is a nice shot.