Do wood peckers like wasps

[Cheryl Isaak]

Yesterday, my ailing DD was much amused by a downy woodpecker hanging up
side down, apparently picking away at the smaller wasps nest up there.

If nothing else - it kept her amused.

Cheryl

[Larry Sheldon]

Cheryl Isaak wrote:
> Yesterday, my ailing DD was much amused by a downy woodpecker hanging up
> side down, apparently picking away at the smaller wasps nest up there.

Sorry about the ailing--and I don't know about the Woodpecker-wasp
thing, but I'll bet the wasp larvae are a Woodpecker delicacy.

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[Rick]

I am guessing it was eating larvae, WP's love insect larvae we saw one(a
Hairy) the other day that was working on a gall that was caused by an
insect.

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[Cheryl Isaak]

On 11/3/09 12:05 PM, in article
h4CdnT-fC61q_23X...@giganews.com, "Rick"
<fhol...@nospam.cableone.net> wrote:

> Cheryl Isaak wrote:
>> Yesterday, my ailing DD was much amused by a downy woodpecker hanging up
>> side down, apparently picking away at the smaller wasps nest up there.
>>
>> If nothing else - it kept her amused.
>>
>> Cheryl
>>
> I am guessing it was eating larvae, WP's love insect larvae we saw one(a
> Hairy) the other day that was working on a gall that was caused by an
> insect.

It was fun watching him/her hanging upside down working his/her way around
the beams into the eaves poking into the various nests. We have a post and
beam house and lots of glass in front to watch nature through...

C