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.
