On Fri, 18 Jan 2013 16:40:38 -0600, Ema Nymton >
wrote:

>On 1/18/2013 1:27 PM, Brooklyn1 wrote:
>
>> Birds are opportunists so eat wherever they find food, especially in
>> winter, woodpeckers typically eat off the table on my deck because
>> that's where I put bird food... once they become used to eating from
>> my table that's where they come to eat first. The only birds around
>> here that I never see eat off the ground are hummingbirds, all the
>> others eat off the ground or wherever they find food.
>
>Our birds ate off the ground, but I am not sure about hummingbirds.
>Woodpeckers would eat from the bird feeder, although they were way too
>big, so it looked awkward. Mockingbirds would not touch the bird
>feeder, but they did drink out of the birdbath during the drought. We
>saw all kinds of creatures in the birdbath, including a huge owl.
>
>Becca

I have lots of pictures of woodpeckers eating at my birdfeeder.