Bird Watching: Feeder Watch(ing)..., 0 by tabasco

tabasco wrote:
Our bird list for today was pretty good--cold and clear and sunny. All the suet feeders were filled, BOSS and safflower in the hopper feeders,thistle in the tube feeder, and the Woodpecker Seed Cakes were very popular today...

cooper's hawk
pileated woodpeckers (2) first time we saw them this year!! Yay!
red-bellied woodpeckers
hairy woodpecker
downy woodpecker
northern flickers
northern cardinals
blue jays
brown creepers
tufted titmice
white breasted nuthatches
carolina wrens
carolina chickadees
white throated sparrows
house sparrows
towhees
starlings (today was the first day we had them at our feeders (not a good thing for us!)
goldfinch
housefinch
mourning doves
assorted sparrow type birds that I can't identify
crow (or some kind of large blackbird was a 'flyover')

We are very excited that we saw a pair of Pileateds today--they didnt' come to our feeders, though--we thought they had perished, but I guess they just found a better source of nutrition...

This red feeder from Lowes for about $26.00 is very popular and easy to care for...(we have a squirrel baffle on it.) The woodpeckers like the suet on the sides...

Pardon the poor picture taking--I am trying to learn and am very frustrated with my progress!