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  • Woodpeckers Galore!

    From jmcquown@21:1/5 to All on Sun Mar 14 19:12:54 2021
    Fortunately they are not paying attention the wood on the house. :) I'm
    seeing lots of male and female Downey's and Red Bellied Woodpeckers.
    Eastern Bluebirds love the suet, too. (It's a berry mixture.) Spring
    is nearly upon us here in Southern SC. I've seen the fluttering wings
    of young Tufted Titmice... fledglings begging to be fed this early?

    Butterflies are starting to show up again because flowers are starting
    to bloom. Alligators are coming out of stasis, sunning themselves by
    ponds (thankfully not by my house).

    I'm waiting for the hummingbirds to show up. It's been such a mild
    winter I wouldn't be surprised if they didn't show up early this year.

    Jill in Southern SC

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  • From super70s@21:1/5 to jmcquown on Wed Mar 17 16:03:05 2021
    In article <XLw3I.29714$g%.20469@fx41.iad>,
    jmcquown <j_mcquown@comcast.net> wrote:

    Fortunately they are not paying attention the wood on the house. :) I'm seeing lots of male and female Downey's and Red Bellied Woodpeckers.

    I've seen a Mockingbird hitting the suet a lot the past few days but he
    always defers to the Red Bellied Woodpecker.

    Hopefully the Mockingbird won't set up shop right outside my window and
    drive me crazy all night, lol.

    BTW I wonder if a Blue Jay would let a Red Bellied be dominant. Blue
    Jays don't seem to be into suet though, I mostly see them drinking from
    my birdbath.

    Eastern Bluebirds love the suet, too. (It's a berry mixture.)

    I'll have to try some of that, I always like seeing Bluebirds but they
    don't seem to care much for my suet.

    Alligators are coming out of stasis, sunning themselves by
    ponds (thankfully not by my house).

    I'm not envious, lol.

    I'm waiting for the hummingbirds to show up. It's been such a mild
    winter I wouldn't be surprised if they didn't show up early this year.

    Usually around April 3 for me. Still have a pretty good supply of syrup
    from last year.

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  • From jmcquown@21:1/5 to All on Thu Mar 18 15:34:25 2021
    On 3/17/2021 5:03 PM, super70s wrote:
    In article <XLw3I.29714$g%.20469@fx41.iad>,
    jmcquown <j_mcquown@comcast.net> wrote:

    Fortunately they are not paying attention the wood on the house. :) I'm
    seeing lots of male and female Downey's and Red Bellied Woodpeckers.

    I've seen a Mockingbird hitting the suet a lot the past few days but he always defers to the Red Bellied Woodpecker.

    Hopefully the Mockingbird won't set up shop right outside my window and
    drive me crazy all night, lol.

    They do love to sing! I've seen a few Mockingbirds at the suet feeder.

    BTW I wonder if a Blue Jay would let a Red Bellied be dominant. Blue
    Jays don't seem to be into suet though, I mostly see them drinking from
    my birdbath.

    Blue Jays around here seem to prefer seed or bugs they find in the
    grass... or unshelled raw peanuts. I don't see them very often.

    Eastern Bluebirds love the suet, too. (It's a berry mixture.)

    I'll have to try some of that, I always like seeing Bluebirds but they
    don't seem to care much for my suet.

    Continued Fresh water in the birdbath and the aforementioned berry-suet
    have been bringing them in droves.

    Alligators are coming out of stasis, sunning themselves by
    ponds (thankfully not by my house).

    I'm not envious, lol.

    I'm waiting for the hummingbirds to show up. It's been such a mild
    winter I wouldn't be surprised if they didn't show up early this year.

    Usually around April 3 for me. Still have a pretty good supply of syrup
    from last year.

    I had a false sighting earlier this month. I need to make some more sugar-water and store it in the fridge for when they do arrive.

    Jill

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