My bucket list bird here. I've seen one 2-3 times in my life. Ill trade you a flock of house finches for a bluebird or two. Ill even throw in some titmice.
Put the suet feeder up the other day. First cake almost gone. I enjoy watching the acrobats of the nuthatches. Not a bird you'll see on a Hallmark card, but very entertaining to see it go upside down. I have to extend it out a bit. Seems the titmice are hitting the window at an alarming rate and startle Ms. buZZsaw during the day.
Im working on a garage roof this morning when I hear a woodpecker song in the clump of Norway maples right next to me. I watch for a few seconds to locate the bird and see it descend into a rotten void on the tree and peck away at the punky wood obviously foraging for ants or grubs less than 20' away. I didn't recognize what it was as it looked like an oversized downy with a red throat. Turns out to be a yellow bellied sapsucker. Cant say I've ever seen one before. I've scrounged plenty of logs with their pecking evidence. They love fruitwood.
Orange-ish Mohawk on those birds. We get them at the suet blocks. They can hammer away at them like the smaller birds can't. Cool birds.
They're pretty birds, but they don't visit for pleasure. They're full time hunters. We have Red Tails and Golden Eagles here and they have huge appetites, especially when they're nesting. This guy visited us today.
