Wondering what to feed a woodpecker on your small porch, patio, deck, or balcony?

A woodpecker's diet usually consists of insects like ants, moths, grasshoppers, spiders, and wasps, and fruits like apple, currant, and serviceberry.

From a feeder, most woodpeckers will eat suet, nuts (especially peanuts), sunflower seed, corn, and fruit.

The Pileated Woodpecker focuses on insects and so is an unlikely feeder visitor.

What Kind of Feeder?

Just about any feeder will work; in fact, I've seen the larger Northern Flicker bend in half to get a sunflower seed from a caged tube feeder.