The Downey Woodpecker will hang around all winter in the North. The suet cake is especially for them. A house for the Downey Woodpecker needs to be very natural looking. No bright colors and a gaurd needs to go over a 1.25 inch hole so they don’t make it bigger themselves. You know, that’s what they do! The house can be mounted on a tree and needs to be 12 – 20 ft high off the ground in a wooded clearing or on woods edge. Floor space is 4″ x 4″ and hole height 9″ – 12″ above the floor.