Bird Watching: DAILY PICS VOL. 29, 1 by linthicum

linthicum wrote:
Thanks everyone for your comments. Resin, I appreciate your ID's.

This is a photo of a male Downy Woodpecker pecking away at the hole in my bird house.
Two years ago, I bought this bird house for under $5.00. It is actually a decorative bird house not really meant for outside. I drilled a 1" hole for the house wren and hung it under my deck. I have had nesting wrens in it for the last two years. A few weeks ago, we heard this pecking noise and I thought something was pecking away on my new deck. In fact, I kept hearing the noise but didn't know where it was coming from. Finally, I discovered the source of the noise.