Ivar Returned to the Feeder
By CarolDM
@CarolDM (203396)
Nashville, Tennessee
January 17, 2020 2:15pm CST
Ivar the red bellied woodpecker has been showing up every day lately at the deck bird feeder.
He has been coming to the feeder a few years now. I assume it is the same one. If you watch the show, Vikings, you will understand the name Ivar (the Boneless). He sort of slides around to the feeder from the deck fence.
Entertaining to watch him almost every day now. He runs off the blue jays, which are twice his size. And any other bird that shows up. He takes over the feeder.
He likes the sunflower seeds.
Photo ©CarolDM2020 All Rights Reserved
With his long beak he pecks the seeds open. Funny to watch him. And I love his red markings. I snap photos from behind the patio door when I can.
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@ScribbledAdNauseum (104615)
• United States
22 Jan 20
What a pretty little bird with such a big personality.
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@ScribbledAdNauseum (104615)
• United States
23 Jan 20
@CarolDM What kind of antics does he get up to while chowing down?
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@CarolDM (203396)
• Nashville, Tennessee
23 Jan 20
@ScribbledAdNauseum He chases all the other birds away including the blue jays, twice his size.
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@crazyhorseladycx (39503)
• United States
21 Jan 20
uhm, i see no such pic 'f mr. ivar? i get great peace 'n comic relief watchin' the birds here, too. the curve-billed thrashers seem to rule the roost 'round these parts, though 've seen one feedin' with a pine siskin.
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@crazyhorseladycx (39503)
• United States
22 Jan 20
@CarolDM ya removed 't so's I'd think i'd finally lost my last marble, eh? lol, thanks - he's a cutie!
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@CarolDM (203396)
• Nashville, Tennessee
22 Jan 20
@crazyhorseladycx Yes I do that sometimes, they have been copied many times. He is a cutie.
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@Alexandoy (65302)
• Cainta, Philippines
17 Jan 20
It's nice to know the birds around that comes regularly. In our case, there are 5 yellow birds here that come every day in the big trees that are near our home. I just couldn't take their picture because they always hide in the leaves of the tree.
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@Alexandoy (65302)
• Cainta, Philippines
17 Jan 20
@CarolDM it's really amusing to observe the animals in our midst. There's a type of bird that eats the star fruit in our front yard. I had been seeing those birds every day since our tree has many fruits now.
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@wolfgirl569 (135881)
• Marion, Ohio
17 Jan 20
The small ones are always the mean ones. The same with dogs 
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@JohnRoberts (109841)
• Los Angeles, California
17 Jan 20
Ivar the boneless is a very bad boy.
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@LindaOHio (222624)
• United States
17 Jan 20
Ivar is beautiful. What a great shot. You can really see the detail in his little body!
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