Help with attracting woodpeckers (1 Viewer)

[Redhummer]

Hello everyone,

I have just started feeding woodpeckers and would like some advice on how to attract them to my yard? I have a log feeder with holes drilled in with peanut butter, a suet feeder and a peanut feeder. Is there anything else I should do? Or feed them? And how long do it take to get them to come to your yard. Any advice on attracting woodpeckers would be much appreciated!

Thanks,
Luke

 

[KenM]

Hello everyone,

I have just started feeding woodpeckers and would like some advice on how to attract them to my yard? I have a log feeder with holes drilled in with peanut butter, a suet feeder and a peanut feeder. Is there anything else I should do? Or feed them? And how long do it take to get them to come to your yard. Any advice on attracting woodpeckers would be much appreciated!
Thanks,
Luke

Sounds like you’ve put the “right” food out Luke….might take a while, but with Winter not too far away…just patience, they’ll find it!

 

[Redhummer]

Sounds like you’ve put the “right” food out Luke….might take a while, but with Winter not too far away…just patience, they’ll find it

Sounds like you’ve put the “right” food out Luke….might take a while, but with Winter not too far away…just patience, they’ll find it!

 

[Redhummer]

Thanks for your message! I guess I’ll have to be patient then

 

[Montereyman]

It varies with the sub species and time of year. I have primarily acorn woodpeckers and they frequent my feeders during the breeding season and are largely absent the rest of the year. The downy and Nuttal's and hairy woodpeckers are far less often seen, and only interested in insects that they pluck from the trees.

 

[Joe H]

I'm not sure if the following idea would fit in with your yard, but I've wired up an eight foot length of a dead tree trunk to a live tree (so it would stand upright and look natural) in my wooded back yard. Woodpeckers frequently visit it even though I have suet feeders in another location. I assume there are still worms or beetles in the log.

 

[Redhummer]

It varies with the sub species and time of year. I have primarily acorn woodpeckers and they frequent my feeders during the breeding season and are largely absent the rest of the year. The downy and Nuttal's and hairy woodpeckers are far less often seen, and only interested in insects that they pluck from the trees.

Thanks for the info. that’s so interesting.

 

[Redhummer]

I'm not sure if the following idea would fit in with your yard, but I've wired up an eight foot length of a dead tree trunk to a live tree (so it would stand upright and look natural) in my wooded back yard. Woodpeckers frequently visit it even though I have suet feeders in another location. I assume there are still worms or beetles in the log.

I think I may try this. My neighbor has lots of old logs laying around. Hopefully the woodpeckers will like the logs here to. Thanks for the idea!

 

[Helsinki Birder]

I think I may try this. My neighbor has lots of old logs laying around. Hopefully the woodpeckers will like the logs here to. Thanks for the idea!

Don't just focus on woodpeckers. Birds watch each other. If you put out a variety of food, seeds, nuts, grain like oats, barley, etc. you will attract a large range of species, which woodpeckers will home in on.

To Prepare A Feast

Bird feeding season is upon us again, with the arrival of snow at the weekend. Having a real "real" garden for the first time, I take th...

helhathnobirdies.blogspot.com

Owen

 

[Redhummer]

Don't just focus on woodpeckers. Birds watch each other. If you put out a variety of food, seeds, nuts, grain like oats, barley, etc. you will attract a large range of species, which woodpeckers will home in on.

To Prepare A Feast

Bird feeding season is upon us again, with the arrival of snow at the weekend. Having a real "real" garden for the first time, I take th...

helhathnobirdies.blogspot.com

Owen

 

[Redhummer]

Thanks that’s very helpful 👍