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Has anyone seen newly fledged birds yet? I sent Jane's question about the Bluejay being fed suet by a Downy Woodpecker to my son who is a wildlife biologist, and below is his take on it. ~ June in Jericho My guess is that this is a recently fledged blue jay and the downy woodpecker has young back in the nest. The blue jay is begging to anything it sees that has food and the downy woodpecker's feeding response is triggered by the behavior since it is geared up to feed babies at the moment. Birds are usually triggered to feed their young by the begging sound and the sight of the bright yellow/orange/red lining of the mouth of young birds. I guess this is just one overstimulated woodpecker. Pretty funny. The only other option is that female blue jays will display like that to males as part of the courtship display, but I doubt one would do that to a woodpecker!