** Vicki Daley had a great woodpecker day to her feeder yard on
Tuesday with 2 DOWNY WOODPECKERS, 1 RED-BELLIED WOODPECKER and 1 NORTHERN
FLICKER, all of which enjoyed feeding on shelled peanuts and peanut
butter.
** The cold and a bit of snow quickly brought a troop of
AMERICAN TREE SPARROWS to our feeder yard on Tuesday for the first time. I was
surprised they seemed to go directly to a hanging feeder of sunflower chips even
though ground food was available. It strikes me in other years they'd much
preferred ground applied white millet. At least one SONG SPARROW is staying
around and two NORTHERN FLICKERS are now regulars. Other expected regulars are
making the feeder area active.
