The male Downy Woodpecker
Picoides pubescens demonstrated for his two fledglings how to get lunch at the suet dispensers.
The parent handed a bit of suet to the young male begging below him on the paddle (right), while the young female helps herself to the suet as she balances on the wire suet cage (left).
All three use their tails to balance, a characteristic of woodpeckers.
