We knew we had a pair of nesting red-headed woodpeckers and had seen a young
one being fed but today was the first time I saw two young at once. What a
great sight. It was a comical sight when the RH tried out the jelly feeder; he
approched in his normal peck and buried his bill in the jelly. Now when he
wants something sweet he knows to taste with a light touch.
We have seen brown thrashers with three young and a week or two later a
thrasher family with two young.
Our yard was supporting at least two pair of Baltimore orioles and two pair of
orchard orioles; we left on a nine day camping trip and came back to a
multitude of orioles. We have families of downy and hairy woodpeckers;
chickadees and nuthatches.
If you are interested, we use no chemicals on our yard.
Lois Anderson
Chippewa County
