Acorn Woodpecker on Hummingbird feeder


This picture was taken about two weeks ago when we were in Rancho Oso just a little north of downtown Santa Barbara. Did we have fun or what... this crazy bird is just that.. crazy! People might not think much of bird watching but when you see the antics of this character you can't help but love the birds.. ha! 1st off we set out a few peanuts to draw them to the campsite... no need really, he is everywhere up there. They have a number of "acorn" trees - trees that are no longer alive but still standing and actually drilled with holes and a lot of those hills filled with acorns these little guys put there and forgot! We had the hummers feeder on window on side of our rig along with the finch feeder also on the side of our coach and they got into that too.. also regular bird feeder and we set peanuts on ledge of windows for them... greedy little guys. of course they had competition with the scrub jays! We enjoyed every minute of it though and had neighbors coming by just to watch the antics... fun fun!

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