Recent Purchases

It has been months since I last purchased any new charts.  Now I have lots of fun new charts to sort through and play with and maybe even stitch! 

The Acorn Woodpeckers have moved from the feeders in the front of the house...

...to the feeders in the back of the house.

I put out a feeder full of acorns, but they are ignoring that in favor of the peanut feeder.

As best I can tell after having had two males and a female, I now have two females and a male.

There's an interesting new article about Acorn Woodpecker territorial battles.  The birds are like the Romans watching Gladiators battle.  You can read about it here. 

I hadn't seen any Flickers for a few days...

...so was pleased to have a female stop by. 

Diane from North Carolina asked about feeding suet when the temperatures are hot.  I was not able to reply to her directly, but though others might also be interested in the answer / solution.  I do present suet all year long even in the summer when the temperatures are over 90f. How am I able to do that when the main ingredient of suet is rendered beef fat?  

In the summer I use "No Melt" suet. The amount of fat (suet) is much lower so it does not easily melt.  I have shown an example from Wild Birds Unlimited where I work, but if you Google No Melt suet there are lots of options about where to buy it - it certainly is worth a try in hot weather.  I have found in the summer that suet is still a very popular food item - as soon as the woodpeckers fledge, the parents bring the youngsters to my suet feeders so that they learn there is an 'easy' source of food.