Lesley the Bird Nerd Merchandise from Teespring teespring.com/stores/lesleythebirdnerd Lesley the Bird Nerd Merchandise from Bonfire www.bonfire.com/store/lesleythebirdnerd
Somehow I don’t think David Attenborough would devote this much in-depth footage to a small forest bird. Lesley, you do a brilliant job! (This is not to denigrate the very important work that Attenborough and others like him, do). Thank you.
I have a big family of hairy woodpeckers living in my front pine trees. These lovely birds are the joy of my day. Their squeak toy chirps, calls, and chatterings are both funny and beautiful. I keep a hot pepper suet feeder hanging from one of the pines and they take turns hanging on and snacking throughout the day. This is a beautiful bird and possibly my most favorite of all.
This information is right on time. I’m in New Brunswick and I have a hairy woodpecker pair here visiting me all through the day. When I put the suet out, well they moved right in, they love it. I have to take the feeders and suet in at night because my friendly raccoon 🦝 will eat it all. I’m usually up to put everything back out at 6am. One morning it was already light when I got up and Mr. hairy was there complaining that I was too slow that morning. My birds give me so much joy and my cats too. They of course are not allowed out but Oushi watches them from behind the curtain so he isn’t seen and they fly away. When they do leave he cries and cries. Thank you for the lovely videos, they are so appreciated. ☺️
We like to watch hairy, downy, and red-bellied woodpeckers at our suet feeder. We see pileated woodpeckers in the woods but they don't come to our rural Massachusetts feeder. Maybe if it's a very hungry winter? I'm new to having bird feeders, putting them up for the first time last month. I find 'Lesley the bird nerd' very helpful and enjoyable. Thank you.
Hi Sonia, from what I've read woodpeckers tend to visit feeders more in winter so hopefully, that will be the case for you with the Pileated Woodpecker. :) I'm so glad you enjoyed my content. Take care
I love my Woodpeckers and they been my most loyal customers. I have like 6 suet feeders to accommodate everyone plus the none Woodys that love the suet. I ended up taking a ladder and put them up in the tree as high as I can go and they seem to love the location. Unfortunately squirrels also like suet. I also have a male and female Red-Bellied and the occasional Northern Flicker. I know this is not related to this video but I had about 20 Evening Grosbeaks show up to the feeders today. Those guys are so cool looking.
@@jim9930 I love my Blue Jays and I remember when I saw my first one at the feeder a couple months ago. Now I have at least 6 or more visiting the feeders. They are amazing birds. My Woodpeckers were the first to arrive when I put my first suet feeder out, then the Chickadees, Titmouse, Northern Blue Birds, Cardinals and Cat Birds not far after. I think I may be considered a crazy bird lady now?
Darn squirrels, they will always be the arch enemy of birders. I have been getting Evening Grosbeaks on a regular basis these past few weeks and yes they are so cool looking. Thanks for sharing and thanks for watching
Thank you so much, Lesley. Your videos are terrific! I love watching these clips of hairy woodpeckers at work. I’m sad because the property with somewhat big older trees apparently was sold and the new owner is cutting down the old trees that woodpeckers would love!
Your footage is so beautiful and your very informative. This is the first year that I have seen the Hairy Woodpecker at my feeders. I get the downys all the time. Thanks for sharing 😊
Interesting, Lesley. Thank you. Woodpeckers are such a stately bird. I have mostly males hanging out in wooded area of my yard. Its nice to look out and see them along with the Cardinals. You can't miss either beauties .. thats for sure!! ❤
Thank you once again for an amazingly interesting and well produced video. Learning a lot from this channel on American birds. Very different to African birds.
@@LesleytheBirdNerd You should check Allen’s channel out. He attracts many awesome, beautiful, and cute birds to his feeders that are not seen in North America. 🙂
I enjoyed this video and want to thank you for it. I saw one of these birds on our humminbird feeder this morning. It stayed for several minutes enjoying the sweet water. At first I thought it was a flicker but the flicker has tan coloring, I kept looking at different photos and realised I was looing at a Hairy Woodpecker.😊 I'm located in SE Arizona.
I've just recently discovered you and I love all of your videos. I am so excited to have your channel to watch this winter. I am hoping there are some videos about how you are able to identify individual birds enough to name them and visit them regularly. It will be so much fun going through all of your material. Thank you for sharing the birds and your amazing relationships with them with all of us. You make the world a more joyful and interesting place. - Sue
We have three types that I know of for sure. Although I live in the city we have lots of old trees with enough deadwood to house Northern Flickers, and a small black and white as well as a medium-size black and white both of which have a bit of red on the top/back of the head. They are very busy and loads of fun to watch.
@@LesleytheBirdNerd Wow! Thank you for your reply! You, Lady, are awesome! I learn so much from you and you have revitalized my love of 'birding'. Thank you.
Lesley, thank you so much for your videos. I can tell you invest a great deal of time and research into them. I’ve recently joined the world of backyard birdwatching, and seek out your videos frequently!
I just found your channel, love all the videos so far, appreciate all the information. My husband and I have quite a few varieties of birds in our back yard, we live in Soutern In. We have Pileated woodpeckers, hairy, and downy also, Bluejays, mockingbird, indigo bunting, cardinals, Carolina wrens, bluebirds, nuthatches and more, we put out suet feeders, peanut butter and corn and sunflower heads(that we grow) we also have lots of hummingbirds. We love our bird visitors !! We spend mornings and early evenings our back porch watching who comes to visit !!
Thankyou There is no real sure-fire way of getting them to do that. I just give them their space and let them do what ever they like to do. No tricks or special way
To be honest, it looks like she is going out “into nature”, where birds are not as human shy as those in the suburbs or cities. Also, in the suburbs there are birdfeeders galore, why risk feeding from a hand when you can go next-door and have a cornucopia of suet, bird baths and birdseed. But, in nature, a peanut or a pile of sunflower seeds is a buffet in a desert so to speak, making them more motivated to potentially risk contact with a large creature to get food.
Nice video and info. Here in Western Oregon at our back yard 1/3 acres pond, we get both Harry and Downy Woodpeckers and the occasional Pileated feeding at Willow trees and more. We recently enjoyed Acorn Woodpeckers at the visitors center at Finley National Wildlife Refuge. Cheers, Scott
In all the years I’ve watched hairy & downy woodpeckers, I’ve never seen one on or even close to the ground. That oldest female hairy found in Brookings, SD was interesting. We have hairies here, 44 miles north of Brookings, but the downies take the prize for the most woodpecker visits to our peanut feeder and suet feeders. It’s the flickers who win for sheer abundance, but we only see them twice each year for about a week.
I have so many woodpeckers at my forest home. Thanks for the great information on them all. I feed them peanut and sunflower suet all winter, they also visit my bird feeders with other songbirds.
Ahh, love these too...Late winter(Feb 2020) I saw the first Hairy at my feeders..such a joy to identify the difference and just watch as he ruled the suet..So, I was thinking... when are you giving a class on...How to hand feed birds..I'm first in line and will be the teacher's pet..lol..have a great week..thanks for your lovely videos!
lol teachers pet. Although, I don't think I will ever do that video in fear it will get in front of the eyes of the wrong person, I've had some people let me know before they use my videos for some awful things. Patience and respect if the main trick to hand feeding birds, there really is no sure fire way.
I love your channel .. I had both hairy and downy but They’ve cut down so much of the trees to put in all the subdivisions out here in the country that we have red shouldered , and red tail , Cooperhawk’s and Falcons .. I got so tired of cleaning up the feathers out of the yard ..I told my husband that we must stop feeding the birds.💧
Love your videos. So much information and so relaxing. I finally got a pair of binoculars. I get wild turkeys on the small hill in my back yard they tend to sit on top the side of the hill sunning themselves. I get a lot of activity in a small yard and sit and watch the glory of nature. Again, Thank you for these informative vids.
That is so awesome, you should check out the book Illumination in the Flatwoods by Joe Hutto and also his documentary called My Life as a Turkey PBS Glad you like my videos! Thanks a lot for watching
Great photography! Also, to remind viewers about the Bonfire "Birds Make me Happy" hooded sweatshirts, which are the warmest, softest and coziest ever! (see link below).
I'm so glad you posted this video! Yesterday I watched two females chasing each other and doing some strange displays around my suet feeder- I first it almost seemed as tho they were playing. It went on for about 30 minutes with one of the females attacking the other! I then thought that maybe one was defending her territory? When I saw your conflict display, it looked exactly like what was going on between the two. It was interesting to watch- I wish I could have gotten a video.
These guys are so cute! I love em, I wish could get a chance to see them, I only have ever seen downy’s where I live. Thanks for yet another awesome video!! 😊
It’s been a while since I watched one of your videos. Your photos and videography have gotten really good! Both the technical quality and the composition. I’ve always liked the fact that the information you share is well-researched. Well done.
Great video as always! I love woodpeckers. I hope to see a Pileated someday. Even better would be an Ivory Billed, if they still exist, which I think they do.
There was an episode of “Extinct or Alive” on Animal Planet of an alleged sighting of an Ivory-Billed Woodpecker. It hasn’t been confirmed, but according to a picture, the bird had slight morphological differences that are not seen on a Pileated Woodpecker, which is a close look-alike.
I love your channel. I am a fellow bird nerd. I live in Maine, and I noticed that you haven’t done any videos on catbirds or eastern phoebes. I’m guessing because they are not in your area? Those are two of my favorite birds.
In my area in central Indiana the ash bore have destroyed almost all of our ash trees. Ash makes great firewood and has made the woodpeckers thrive. People dont see the good of some failures. God loves woodpeckers and so do I !
Truly enjoy your overview of Birds and I understand if you say no. But I was wondering about bird food as I see all kinds of seeds, I'm not interested in a brand. Here in Florida we seem to have a collection of Whistle Ducks up from Mexico, Robins, Blue Jays, and the list is long Thanks do enjoy your overview narrations.
Loved it as always. Hey Lesley: Do you have anything on Flickers? I'm very curious to know more about them. Thanks for all you do, AT THE BEST, and way to go.
I've got a video I took through our dining room window that faces the staircase to our deck. A very small juvenile was on the wooden railing and I watched it for a while. Then it got excited and was chirping as an adult woody landed and looked like it gave him a black oil sunflower seed from the nearby feeder. It then comically walked backwards down the railing and stopped on the edge where it proceeded to put the seed in a crack between the post and railing. It then chipped away at it. When done, it walked up the railing a bit and the adult showed up again and landed on the railing. It then took off and the juvenile waited a few seconds and also flew away towards the adult. I love these little guys. I put suet out all winter for all the birds but especially the woodies.
@@godswarrior2952 *Seen videos. Oops. I don’t think I have seen Hairy Woodpeckers in real life (only Downy Woodpeckers), but I have seen Hairy Woodpeckers on videos. Anyway, you’re welcome. 😊
“In Walden wood the chickadee Runs round the pine and maple tree Intent on insect slaughter: O tufted entomologist! Devour as many as you list, Then drink in Walden water.” -Ralph Waldo Emerson
Notice the black comma descending down each shoulder on the Hairy. The Downy doesn't have it. Under tail covert feathers on Hairy are solid white. On Downy, there are black zig-zag markings on its under tail coverts. A couple of sure-fire ways to tell them apart.
Woodpeckers are so smart, well most birds are more than we give them credit for, there's 1 that comes to my window and he pecks at my window if there's no food out. Especially when all the suet is gone. I think he is a downy bc he's pretty small. The red bellied woodpeckers come around only once in a while they r shy. 🤭❤️
Some of the photos you shared showed hairy woodpeckers with varying amounts of yellow or buff color on their heads. I haven't noticed that in my area (southern New England) so I was interested to see the variations in your video. I am usually alerted to the presence of hairy woodpeckers by their loud "peek" calls -- much louder than downy woodpecker calls. I have a pair that comes to my suet feeder daily.
My husband just started bird feeding/watching and we discovered your channel. You are so informative- we are learning a lot about our backyard bird friends 🥰 We were wondering- what state/area are you from? We are in upstate by, 30 minutes south of Albany NY. Thank you!
@@LesleytheBirdNerdyour videos are so impressive! The color is AMAZING! We have been watching your videos every evening since discovering (love this Jays!). Have seen you capture some moose on film as well and curious if you ever come across any bears (????).
No bears thankfully. I am close to a city and bear sitings are very rare in my area. Appreciate your concern though. I also have things on me incase of an emergencies should arise
Hi I get this question all the time and there really is no sure-fire way to get them to do it. Although I don't think I will ever do that video in fear it will get in front of the eyes of the wrong person, I've had some people let me know before they use my videos for some awful things. A lot of it is patience and respect for the bird but sometimes more often then not its just the birds willing to do it. If they dont want to they just simply never will, this is just my experience
I'm so happy I heard some chickadees at my feeder so I ran out and stuck my hand out I was rewarded with a tiny chickadee on my hand! Hopefully it comes back.😀😀
Wow! You got some good footage. Especially the ones where they are being aggressive. Do you know if they only tap into dead trees or do they search for bugs in live trees too?
Thanks. I know Sapsucker Woodpeckers will tap into live trees, but as for the information I have come across I couldn't find anything stating Hairy Woodpeckers search for bugs in live trees. My assumption would be that they do but it would be uncommon, I would lean towards they would rather look in a place that has more of a chance of finding something, it's not only dead trees you can find bugs but you certainly would find more. That's a great question.
Lesley the Bird Nerd Merchandise from Teespring
teespring.com/stores/lesleythebirdnerd
Lesley the Bird Nerd Merchandise from Bonfire
www.bonfire.com/store/lesleythebirdnerd
Yes
I enjoy how you provide information on birds naturalists typically ignore.
Thanks and Thanks a lot for watching
@@LesleytheBirdNerd You are welcome.
' A codi
Its nice to be walking through a still, silent woodland then hear the woodpecker's hammering. Thanks for another great vid.
Glad you enjoyed it Thanks for watching
Somehow I don’t think David Attenborough would devote this much in-depth footage to a small forest bird. Lesley, you do a brilliant job! (This is not to denigrate the very important work that Attenborough and others like him, do). Thank you.
I have a big family of hairy woodpeckers living in my front pine trees. These lovely birds are the joy of my day. Their squeak toy chirps, calls, and chatterings are both funny and beautiful. I keep a hot pepper suet feeder hanging from one of the pines and they take turns hanging on and snacking throughout the day. This is a beautiful bird and possibly my most favorite of all.
This information is right on time. I’m in New Brunswick and I have a hairy woodpecker pair here visiting me all through the day. When I put the suet out, well they moved right in, they love it. I have to take the feeders and suet in at night because my friendly raccoon 🦝 will eat it all. I’m usually up to put everything back out at 6am. One morning it was already light when I got up and Mr. hairy was there complaining that I was too slow that morning. My birds give me so much joy and my cats too. They of course are not allowed out but Oushi watches them from behind the curtain so he isn’t seen and they fly away. When they do leave he cries and cries. Thank you for the lovely videos, they are so appreciated. ☺️
Your are more than welcome and thanks for sharing your lovely little story with me
We like to watch hairy, downy, and red-bellied woodpeckers at our suet feeder. We see pileated woodpeckers in the woods but they don't come to our rural Massachusetts feeder. Maybe if it's a very hungry winter? I'm new to having bird feeders, putting them up for the first time last month. I find 'Lesley the bird nerd' very helpful and enjoyable. Thank you.
Hi Sonia, from what I've read woodpeckers tend to visit feeders more in winter so hopefully, that will be the case for you with the Pileated Woodpecker. :) I'm so glad you enjoyed my content. Take care
I was surprised last week by a woodpecker in my feeder. I never realized they ate sunflower seeds. I have a lot to learn lol
We are always learning something, Thanks for watching
I love my Woodpeckers and they been my most loyal customers. I have like 6 suet feeders to accommodate everyone plus the none Woodys that love the suet. I ended up taking a ladder and put them up in the tree as high as I can go and they seem to love the location. Unfortunately squirrels also like suet. I also have a male and female Red-Bellied and the occasional Northern Flicker. I know this is not related to this video but I had about 20 Evening Grosbeaks show up to the feeders today. Those guys are so cool looking.
@@jim9930 I love my Blue Jays and I remember when I saw my first one at the feeder a couple months ago. Now I have at least 6 or more visiting the feeders. They are amazing birds. My Woodpeckers were the first to arrive when I put my first suet feeder out, then the Chickadees, Titmouse, Northern Blue Birds, Cardinals and Cat Birds not far after. I think I may be considered a crazy bird lady now?
Darn squirrels, they will always be the arch enemy of birders.
I have been getting Evening Grosbeaks on a regular basis these past few weeks and yes they are so cool looking. Thanks for sharing and thanks for watching
Thanks for all the information on all our birdies.
It's my pleasure
I learn something more about the birds in my yard every time I watch one of your videos. Thank you Lesley!
Hello 👋how are you doing?
I love your videos. I've learned a lot. Your voice and demeanor is very pleasant as well.
Thank you! Glad you enjoy
Awesome. Saw 2 Hairies and a downy all foraging together in some poplars a month or so ago.
Another wonderful and educational video!
I love woodpeckers! Beautiful, beneficial and prehistoric birds!!!
Thanks Lesley!! I always enjoy your videos!!
You are so welcome! Glad you like them
9:35 I was waiting for that moth to get yoinked off the bark 😅
Me, too!
Nice spotting. I had to go back after I read your comment as I did not notice the first time. Camouflage as a survival technique! A'int nature grand!
i was looking to see if anyone else saw that lol
Thank you so much, Lesley. Your videos are terrific! I love watching these clips of hairy woodpeckers at work. I’m sad because the property with somewhat big older trees apparently was sold and the new owner is cutting down the old trees that woodpeckers would love!
I love watching birds and I enjoy all your videos....:)
You are so kind. Thanks a lot for watching
Hello Lucie, how are you doing?
Absolutely love your videos. I love making my breakfast in the morning with your videos playing in the background! So calming and educational.
Eeks! I missed the Downy video! I'll go back. I have both these woodpeckers around, but I see the Downy woodpeckers a lot more often. Good video!
Thanks a lot Lynn, much appreciated
I love watching your videos on these amazing creatures of the animal kingdom 🐦
Thanks so much
Yes, these are frequent visitors to our suet cages, along with nuthatches, chickadees and too many house sparrows.
Your footage is so beautiful and your very informative. This is the first year that I have seen the Hairy Woodpecker at my feeders. I get the downys all the time.
Thanks for sharing 😊
Thank you very much!
Thanks for helping me identify the woodpecker pair in my yard!
Interesting, Lesley. Thank you. Woodpeckers are such a stately bird. I have mostly males hanging out in wooded area of my yard. Its nice to look out and see them along with the Cardinals. You can't miss either beauties .. thats for sure!! ❤
Yes they are!
Thanks for watching
I have such a hard time telling these birds apart. But this really helped! Thank you.
Glad it helped!
Thank you once again for an amazingly interesting and well produced video. Learning a lot from this channel on American birds. Very different to African birds.
Many thanks! Glad you like them
Thats awesome
Hi, Allen! It’s cool that you are also a fan of Lesley the Bird Nerd.
@@LesleytheBirdNerd You should check Allen’s channel out. He attracts many awesome, beautiful, and cute birds to his feeders that are not seen in North America. 🙂
I enjoyed this video and want to thank you for it. I saw one of these birds on our humminbird feeder this morning. It stayed for several minutes enjoying the sweet water. At first I thought it was a flicker but the flicker has tan coloring, I kept looking at different photos and realised I was looing at a Hairy Woodpecker.😊 I'm located in SE Arizona.
one summer we had a dead tree behind our yard barn and we heard him every day all day it was wonderful.
I've just recently discovered you and I love all of your videos. I am so excited to have your channel to watch this winter. I am hoping there are some videos about how you are able to identify individual birds enough to name them and visit them regularly. It will be so much fun going through all of your material. Thank you for sharing the birds and your amazing relationships with them with all of us. You make the world a more joyful and interesting place. - Sue
Awe Thankyou Sue and welcome aboard.
Yes, there are videos on my channel that will help answer that question.
Glad you enjoyed
We have three types that I know of for sure. Although I live in the city we have lots of old trees with enough deadwood to house Northern Flickers, and a small black and white as well as a medium-size black and white both of which have a bit of red on the top/back of the head. They are very busy and loads of fun to watch.
AH thats so cool, I've really taken a liking to the Flickers lately
@@LesleytheBirdNerd Wow! Thank you for your reply! You, Lady, are awesome! I learn so much from you and you have revitalized my love of 'birding'. Thank you.
Lesley, thank you so much for your videos. I can tell you invest a great deal of time and research into them. I’ve recently joined the world of backyard birdwatching, and seek out your videos frequently!
Hello how are you doing?
I just found your channel, love all the videos so far, appreciate all the information. My husband and I have quite a few varieties of birds in our back yard, we live in Soutern In. We have Pileated woodpeckers, hairy, and downy also, Bluejays, mockingbird, indigo bunting, cardinals, Carolina wrens, bluebirds, nuthatches and more, we put out suet feeders, peanut butter and corn and sunflower heads(that we grow) we also have lots of hummingbirds. We love our bird visitors !! We spend mornings and early evenings our back porch watching who comes to visit !!
How about a video on Pileated wood peckers? They always catch my eye. They are so big and beautiful. I just don't get to see them too often!
I agree, it doesn`t happen all that often but every time I see one I am always amazed.
I don’t think pileated woodpeckers live in her area (Newfoundland).
I really wish I could, but they are not in my area. Im hoping to do a collaboration video with some fellow you tubers to achieve this video
They're so chill and pass this onto us!
Love birds and your videos!! Just curious, how do you get birds to feed from your hands?
Thankyou
There is no real sure-fire way of getting them to do that.
I just give them their space and let them do what ever they like to do. No tricks or special way
To be honest, it looks like she is going out “into nature”, where birds are not as human shy as those in the suburbs or cities. Also, in the suburbs there are birdfeeders galore, why risk feeding from a hand when you can go next-door and have a cornucopia of suet, bird baths and birdseed. But, in nature, a peanut or a pile of sunflower seeds is a buffet in a desert so to speak, making them more motivated to potentially risk contact with a large creature to get food.
I love these birds. They are at my suet and black oil seed pretty much year round. Always a treat to see them.
I meant Downy and not Hairy Woodpeckers that I have here. My error. I don't believe I have never seen a Hairy. My mistake.
Nice video and info. Here in Western Oregon at our back yard 1/3 acres pond, we get both Harry and Downy Woodpeckers and the occasional Pileated feeding at Willow trees and more. We recently enjoyed Acorn Woodpeckers at the visitors center at Finley National Wildlife Refuge. Cheers, Scott
I love the great information on these birds so I may enjoy them more, ty.
I love your video! I have a red headed woodpecker that comes to my bird feeder. Sometimes he likes to drill on my neighbors plastic shed...so funny😄
In all the years I’ve watched hairy & downy woodpeckers, I’ve never seen one on or even close to the ground.
That oldest female hairy found in Brookings, SD was interesting. We have hairies here, 44 miles north of Brookings, but the downies take the prize for the most woodpecker visits to our peanut feeder and suet feeders. It’s the flickers who win for sheer abundance, but we only see them twice each year for about a week.
Thats awesome, thanks for sharing with me
Thank you for the bird info, I was just wondering about these birds.
Your welcome and thankyou for watching
I have so many woodpeckers at my forest home. Thanks for the great information on them all. I feed them peanut and sunflower suet all winter, they also visit my bird feeders with other songbirds.
That is awesome! I will be getting more peanut and sunflower suet today
Thanks a lot for watching
Hairy Woodpeckers have always been one of my favorite woodpeckers, and now I've learned a lot from this video! Thank you :)
Glad you enjoyed it! Thanks a lot for watching
@@LesleytheBirdNerd Of course! I love your videos
Fantastic and informational video! Love all your videos!!!
Thanks so much!
Thank u for Sharing it, Good Info, Greetings from Brooklyn NYC
Good Advent, Merry Christmas🕯🐾🐾😻🎄
Same to you!
Very nice once again! Thanks for sharing!
Thank you! Cheers!
Ahh, love these too...Late winter(Feb 2020) I saw the first Hairy at my feeders..such a joy to identify the difference and just watch as he ruled the suet..So, I was thinking... when are you giving a class on...How to hand feed birds..I'm first in line and will be the teacher's pet..lol..have a great week..thanks for your lovely videos!
lol teachers pet.
Although, I don't think I will ever do that video in fear it will get in front of the eyes of the wrong person, I've had some people let me know before they use my videos for some awful things.
Patience and respect if the main trick to hand feeding birds, there really is no sure fire way.
Thank you for this great information. Hopefully I will see some this winter as I have the black oil sunflower seeds and suet out.
Fingers crossed
Thanks a lot for watching
I love listening to Lesley.
Thanks! Love your site❤ NW Indiana rural area
So interesting informations. To know that it can live more than 15 years old is astonishing. Thanks for this other very good video.
So nice of you, glad you liked it
Amazing informative video.. happy to get both Birdwatching fun and knowledge from this video
Glad you liked it
I love your channel .. I had both hairy and downy but They’ve cut down so much of the trees to put in all the subdivisions out here in the country that we have red shouldered , and red tail , Cooperhawk’s and Falcons .. I got so tired of cleaning up the feathers out of the yard ..I told my husband that we must stop feeding the birds.💧
Oh no! Sorry to hear that. We are starting to see more homes being built in our area too, it saddens me. Thanks a lot for watching
Very similar to our European Great Spotted Woodpecker
So cute!!!! 😍 * jumps up and down *
Love your videos. So much information and so relaxing. I finally got a pair of binoculars. I get wild turkeys on the small hill in my back yard they tend to sit on top the side of the hill sunning themselves. I get a lot of activity in a small yard and sit and watch the glory of nature. Again, Thank you for these informative vids.
That is so awesome, you should check out the book Illumination in the Flatwoods by Joe Hutto and also his documentary called My Life as a Turkey PBS
Glad you like my videos! Thanks a lot for watching
Very interesting and informative, thanks Leslie!
Great photography! Also, to remind viewers about the Bonfire "Birds Make me Happy" hooded sweatshirts, which are the warmest, softest and coziest ever! (see link below).
Awe. Thanks a bunch
Both great videos. Many Many Thanks Lesley
Glad you like them! Thanks a lot for watching
Another wonderful, informative video. Thank you Miss Lesley : )
Love your vids Lesley. Always love learning more about birds!
Glad you enjoyed
Thanks a lot for watching
This was the first year that I've seen male Hairy Woodpeckers doing that. It was so interesting to watch.
Lots of knowledge here thanks so much,Love the wood pecker
More than welcome and Thanks for watching
Your videos are very interesting and entertaining, thank you!!!!
So great! Thank you for the video!
Glad you liked it!
I'm so glad you posted this video! Yesterday I watched two females chasing each other and doing some strange displays around my suet feeder- I first it almost seemed as tho they were playing. It went on for about 30 minutes with one of the females attacking the other! I then thought that maybe one was defending her territory? When I saw your conflict display, it looked exactly like what was going on between the two. It was interesting to watch- I wish I could have gotten a video.
Thats pretty awesome. Sometime the videos get away, I know that feeling all to well
My favorite birds, Downy and Hairy Woodpeckers!
Thk you! I frwd this video to friends and subscribed. I see these birds often at my suet blocks! Ahna Atlanta/ga
Another excellent video 👍
Thanks for the visit
These guys are so cute! I love em, I wish could get a chance to see them, I only have ever seen downy’s where I live. Thanks for yet another awesome video!! 😊
Maybe one day youll get to see the Hairy Woodpecker too, they are quite common so who know and your welcome. Thanks for watching
@@LesleytheBirdNerd thank you! Maybe I will, I should put out some suet !
It’s been a while since I watched one of your videos. Your photos and videography have gotten really good! Both the technical quality and the composition. I’ve always liked the fact that the information you share is well-researched. Well done.
Well thank you so much Jim
I'm glad you enjoyed
Thank you Lesley 🐦❤️
Thankyou
Great video as always! I love woodpeckers. I hope to see a Pileated someday. Even better would be an Ivory Billed, if they still exist, which I think they do.
That would be cool!
Maybe one day
There was an episode of “Extinct or Alive” on Animal Planet of an alleged sighting of an Ivory-Billed Woodpecker. It hasn’t been confirmed, but according to a picture, the bird had slight morphological differences that are not seen on a Pileated Woodpecker, which is a close look-alike.
downy woodpecker works on one place on trees ☝️
Thanks so much for the info! Great video!
Glad it was helpful!
I love your channel. I am a fellow bird nerd. I live in Maine, and I noticed that you haven’t done any videos on catbirds or eastern phoebes. I’m guessing because they are not in your area? Those are two of my favorite birds.
In my area in central Indiana the ash bore have destroyed almost all of our ash trees. Ash makes great firewood and has made the woodpeckers thrive. People dont see the good of some failures. God loves woodpeckers and so do I !
So true.
Im hoping to get some footage on the Black Backed Woodpecker this spring, we have some burnt forest near by.
I will have to look closer. I either have a Hairy or Downy woodpeckers in my backyard. they feast on Suet everyday!
Truly enjoy your overview of Birds and I understand if you say no. But I was wondering about bird food as I see all kinds of seeds, I'm not interested in a brand. Here in Florida we seem to have a collection of Whistle Ducks up from Mexico, Robins, Blue Jays, and the list is long Thanks do enjoy your overview narrations.
In mexico to wood piker ( pictorial) ave carpintero
Loved it as always.
Hey Lesley: Do you have anything on Flickers? I'm very curious to know more about them.
Thanks for all you do, AT THE BEST, and way to go.
Yes I do!
Its an old one and a bit cringey lol
I really should do a new one
ruclips.net/video/WeLo2SUX3ZM/видео.html&ab_channel=LesleytheBirdNerd
@@LesleytheBirdNerd Can't wait to see an update, egorly. 🙏🌹🐦
Thank You 😊
You're welcome 😊
I've got a video I took through our dining room window that faces the staircase to our deck. A very small juvenile was on the wooden railing and I watched it for a while. Then it got excited and was chirping as an adult woody landed and looked like it gave him a black oil sunflower seed from the nearby feeder. It then comically walked backwards down the railing and stopped on the edge where it proceeded to put the seed in a crack between the post and railing. It then chipped away at it. When done, it walked up the railing a bit and the adult showed up again and landed on the railing. It then took off and the juvenile waited a few seconds and also flew away towards the adult. I love these little guys. I put suet out all winter for all the birds but especially the woodies.
Awe, what an awesome sweet story, thanks a lot for sharing it and thanks for the smile.
Do they hang out with Downey woodpeckers too? I think we might have both at our feeders... not sure.
I think I have videos in which Downy and Hairy Woodpeckers have been at the feeders at the same time (especially on the Cornell Bird Lab Cams). 🙂
@@BirdsandGhibliFan cool, thank you 😊
@@godswarrior2952 *Seen videos. Oops. I don’t think I have seen Hairy Woodpeckers in real life (only Downy Woodpeckers), but I have seen Hairy Woodpeckers on videos. Anyway, you’re welcome. 😊
Yes it does happen. Downey seem to follow the Hairy around sometimes
As relaxing and informative as always. Thanks for sharing, Lesley!
Glad you enjoyed it!
@@LesleytheBirdNerd Always!
Do we get the Pileated video next week?
I really wish i could say yes to this, but we dont get them in our area
Nature is good in the wild.
Like One.
Luv your vids and just started watching your bird channel..👍🦉
Glad you like them
Welcome aboard!
“In Walden wood the chickadee
Runs round the pine and maple tree
Intent on insect slaughter:
O tufted entomologist!
Devour as many as you list,
Then drink in Walden water.”
-Ralph Waldo Emerson
Love it!
Thanks for sharing
Notice the black comma descending down each shoulder on the Hairy. The Downy doesn't have it. Under tail covert feathers on Hairy are solid white. On Downy, there are black zig-zag markings on its under tail coverts. A couple of sure-fire ways to tell them apart.
Get my Peterson Field Guides for Christmas😃
Woodpeckers are so smart, well most birds are more than we give them credit for, there's 1 that comes to my window and he pecks at my window if there's no food out. Especially when all the suet is gone. I think he is a downy bc he's pretty small. The red bellied woodpeckers come around only once in a while they r shy. 🤭❤️
So very true.
Thats a cute story about the little woodpecker
You have the most Canadian accent I've ever heard. Cool video.
Thanks! 😃
Lesley...as usual, nice job!
Thank you! Cheers!
Thanks
No problem and Thanks a lot for watching
Some of the photos you shared showed hairy woodpeckers with varying amounts of yellow or buff color on their heads. I haven't noticed that in my area (southern New England) so I was interested to see the variations in your video. I am usually alerted to the presence of hairy woodpeckers by their loud "peek" calls -- much louder than downy woodpecker calls. I have a pair that comes to my suet feeder daily.
My husband just started bird feeding/watching and we discovered your channel. You are so informative- we are learning a lot about our backyard bird friends 🥰 We were wondering- what state/area are you from? We are in upstate by, 30 minutes south of Albany NY. Thank you!
Welcome! glad you enjoy them and are learning a thing or two. I am from the east coast of Canada
@@LesleytheBirdNerd curious how long it took for blue jaya to eat from your hand? Thank you so much for all your work- we love your videos!
@@lorrainee4841 about a month maybe. Im not 100% sure it was a long time ago, but close to a monthish
@@LesleytheBirdNerdyour videos are so impressive! The color is AMAZING! We have been watching your videos every evening since discovering (love this Jays!). Have seen you capture some moose on film as well and curious if you ever come across any bears (????).
No bears thankfully. I am close to a city and bear sitings are very rare in my area. Appreciate your concern though.
I also have things on me incase of an emergencies should arise
Can you make a how to hand feed wild birds tutorial? I always enjoy your videos keep up your great work!
Hi
I get this question all the time and there really is no sure-fire way to get them to do it. Although I don't think I will ever do that video in fear it will get in front of the eyes of the wrong person, I've had some people let me know before they use my videos for some awful things.
A lot of it is patience and respect for the bird but sometimes more often then not its just the birds willing to do it. If they dont want to they just simply never will, this is just my experience
@@LesleytheBirdNerd That's upsetting there are many haters.
I'm so happy I heard some chickadees at my feeder so I ran out and stuck my hand out I was rewarded with a tiny chickadee on my hand! Hopefully it comes back.😀😀
Wow! You got some good footage. Especially the ones where they are being aggressive. Do you know if they only tap into dead trees or do they search for bugs in live trees too?
Thanks.
I know Sapsucker Woodpeckers will tap into live trees, but as for the information I have come across I couldn't find anything stating Hairy Woodpeckers search for bugs in live trees. My assumption would be that they do but it would be uncommon, I would lean towards they would rather look in a place that has more of a chance of finding something, it's not only dead trees you can find bugs but you certainly would find more. That's a great question.
@@LesleytheBirdNerd Thanks for your reply! Appreciate it.