Description

Male downy woodpecker and female house sparrow have a stand-off over access to the suet feeder. It’s a regular occurrence lately–more than once a day!–and this sparrow definitely got off lightly. The female downy pecked one of its fellows several times in the head not long before.

Category

Woodpeckers & Sapsuckers

Species

• Downy Woodpecker
• House Sparrow

Tags

• suet feeder
• feeder visit
• interspecies behavior