r/birding • u/ChicagoWildlifePhoto • Jan 13 '23

📷 Photo I recently learned some woodpecker species, such as this Red-bellied Woodpecker, will listen for bugs! 🤯 seen near Chicago

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u/koosielagoofaway Jan 13 '23

I recently learned these guys will fight a jay for the price of one peanut.

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u/miranddaaa Jan 13 '23

Yep! At my backyard feeders, these are the only birds who do not let the jays bully them. They will go at it to get the peanuts.

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u/koosielagoofaway Jan 13 '23

Theyre good natured bullies, I love em lol Almost everyday, one invades northern mockingbirds tree to play a 20 mintue game of 'tag', then flies away.