Maybe the "nuthatch" was really a young woodpecker?

On Wed, 10 Jun 1998, Michael Brown wrote:

> A co-worker of mine observed a nuthatch at her suet feeder that was
> having difficulty figuring out how to perch on it to eat. A Downy
> Woodpecker arrived at the feeder and began to eat. The nuthatch (which
> my colleague presumed was young and inexperienced) settled on top of the
> feeder, and pretty soon the woodpecker was feeding it with suet!

Kelly Cassidy