I had a single Red-bellied Woodpecker visitor at the peanut feeders today, the first woodpecker seen in over a month here. Regards, Jeff Maass North of Dublin OH Concord Township Critters: http://concordcritters.com/ Curacao Critters: http://www.curacaocritters.com/ > -----Original Message----- > From: Jeff Maass [mailto:[log in to unmask]] > Sent: Wednesday, October 03, 2012 12:03 PM > To: [log in to unmask] > Subject: Missing Woodpeckers? (Central Ohio) > > I have peanut and suet dough feeders, and have a long (many year) history > of many, many Downy, Hairy, and Red-bellied Woodpeckers. It was a rare > occasion that I would look out to the feeders and not see at least one or > two (often more) Downies or Hairys at the feeders, all day long. I even > had a pair of Piliated Woodpeckers daily at the peanut feeders for a > month this year. > > About 1.5 months ago, they *all* disappeared. I have literally not seen > any woodpecker at my feeders over the past month plus. > > Other birds (Nuthatches, House Sparrows, etc.) have continued using the > peanut and suet dough feeders. But no woodpeckers. > > Has anyone else noticed a lack of woodpeckers? Any explanations? > > Jeff Maass > Concord Township, > Delaware County > (Just North of Dublin OH) ______________________________________________________________________ Ohio-birds mailing list, a service of the Ohio Ornithological Society. Our thanks to Miami University for hosting this mailing list. Additional discussions can be found in our forums, at www.ohiobirds.org/forum/. You can join or leave the list, or change your options, at: http://listserv.muohio.edu/scripts/wa.exe?LIST=OHIO-BIRDS Send questions or comments about the list to: [log in to unmask]