About a week ago, I bought some suet for the birds. I deliberated on whether to buy the little wire cage for it. (I think the squirrels ruined the last one I had.) A lady who was looking for birdseed noted that the suet could be put on a pine cone. I thought that would probably keep so much from falling to the ground. At first I hung a pine cone that swung freely. It was funny to watch the birds land on the attached stick and whirl around like a merry-go-round. The brown thrasher found that set up impossible. The second go round, I fastened the cones more securely and also close enough to the limb that the brown thrasher could reach it.
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| Carolina wren |
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| the mockingbird got some suet that fell to the ground |
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| tufted titmouse |
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| Carolina chickadee |
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| brown thrasher |
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| brown thrasher and chickadee together |
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| chipping sparrows |
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| tufted titmouse |
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the red-bellied woodpecker ate the milo that the other birds left
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What a novel idea and it produced some great 'post card' type photos. I believe that is the first red headed wood pecker I have seen posted on any blog.
ReplyDeleteNeat catch.
I noticed when I spread the bird seed on the deck rail that the millet (little white seeds) were eaten first. The chickadee would go for the sunflower seeds. Generally the milo (bigger red seeds) were left. I think that was all that was left in the bird feeder. When I put the suet out, I thought for sure that I would catch the woodpecker on the suet, but I never did.
DeleteThe woodpeckers have such a neat color pattern.