Last autumn I had what I can only describe as a baby woodpecker or mini woodpecker, it would hang upside down on the peanut feeder and make the peck peck peck sound the woodpecker makes. However this bird was about the size of a starling, and was a pale brown, dark brown black and white, the colour on top of head was black. Does anyone know what kind of woodpecker this may be or if it is some other bird that behaves in a similar way?
I haven't been able to match its colouring by searching the web, the wing feathers were not speckled but more like the colouring of a sparrow.
No not seen the bird since last autumn Ian, but have starlings present now.
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Thanks again Alan.
Hi jo2,
I have an upside down bird feeding on the peanuts every day and it's a Nuthatch.
It carries some of the colouring you describe but is probably not the size of a starling.
Look up an image on the web and see what you think - you can get a good one if you type in "nuthatch on peanuts".
Hope you solve the mystery.
Verdigris