Killer Woodpecker

[Dom]

Last evening was a first for me. Sitting in my high seat, here comes this woodpecker barreling right for me, flew right by me about a foot in front of my nose. Strange thing was, it had caught and was holding a small bird in it's beak, not a baby bird, looked like a wren or sparrow. It landed in a tree about 20 yards from me, no doubt about it looking thru my binoculars, it had a meal and was eating it.

Didn't know woodpeckers were predators. Guess it figures though, they eat grubs and such from the trees. It wasn't a little Downy either, about the size of a BueJay, Waidmannsheil, Dom.