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The past three nights in a row, there has been a bird in my vacant bluebird house (last bluebird nestlings left 6/27/11)& the house was cleaned out and sanitized. I think it may be a juvenile woodpecker. He has come each evening around 7:30 pm (I live in central NY state) and peers out of the hole. Next morning he is gone and then back again in the evening. What is he/she doing?? Very odd. I am curious.
Thank you.
That is a very normal situation. It is a Downy Woodpecker, and they often do this in the fall and even more often in the wintr. They rarely nest, just use it as a safe and warm place.
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| Comment | Thank you. I might have drawn that conclusion but since its summer I was confused as to why. He still comes every evening at almost the precise time, around 7:45pm EST. It's so cute to see him, plus he loves the suet cakes I have here so he's enjoying a full service "hotel". : ) | ||
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