In response to Nari's post, every once in awhile we too have had
PILEATED WOODPECKERS working on our suet feeders -- both male and
female. It's a little comical watching such a large bird clinging to
such a relatively small feeder and successfully extracting suet.
Larry
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Pileated are currently feeding several times a day at suet feeders on nails on
side of tree. It seems they must be nesting nearby and come for reliable
food supply. (There have been periods in past years where I haven't seen them
at feeder for months at a time.)
Also Bluebirds balance
Yesterday, while working in my garden in downtown Ithaca, I noticed out of
the corner of my eye a black bird fly into the Norway Maple. I assumed it
was a grackle as they are nesting in the tree (and had a fledgling recently
land in the street). A Fed Ex guy stopped last week to relocate it to th
