Hummingbird feeders are not just for hummingbirds it would seem. An Acorn Woodpecker finally got up the courage to investigate one of the feeders that we were using to bring in the hummingbirds. There were quite a few Acorn Woodpeckers in the oaks directly behind our hummingbird shooting gallery in Madera Canyon and they were raucous and constantly on the move and apparently watching for an opportunity to try out the feeders. On our fourth morning shoot, a male Acorn Woodpecker flew to the feeder nearest to where I was sitting. He used his tail for support and grasped the edge of the feeder with his claws as there were no perches on the feeders. His long, narrow tongue seemed to fit into the openings so he clung to the feeder and sampled what was inside for quite a while as we watched.