Nothing uncommon, just a little red-bellied woodpecker. His head is almost neon red. He's very pretty. :) (I also have a pair of hawks that visit every once in a while - that's unusual for Houston. And there's the raccoon that occasionally gets treed by the neighbor dog; not so unusual.)

Lowe's, eh? I'll have to check that out. I've been loathe to pay for feeders because the squirrels destroy them. I prefer to just throw the food out, widely dispersed, so that no one species can dominate. The jays swoop in for peantus, the doves mob, the cardinals bring their two fledglings, the chickadees pick around the edges, the gray squirrels and fox squirrels nap on the trellis tops between meals. It's very Disney-esque.

I'm betting that it's the ground feeding that is defeating my little woodpecker friend.