Mr. Downy is gorging himself today.
Mrs. Red bellied decided to give the telephone pole a rest and partake of the suet as well!
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Saturday, November 22, 2008
Liking that suet plug feeder
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I have two suet feeders out. I need to hang a few more now that winter is here. I think that will be one of my jobs today.
It's nice to see Mrs. Red-belly take a break from the telephone pole.
Suet as in meat fat? I really wasn't aware that birds would eat that.
Shell, such BEAUTIFUL shots. Great imagery. Your posts are DELIGHTFUL!!!
We have yellow bellies.
Our feeder waits patiently for the chickadees to sweep in and find it. Dinner is served. :D
Hugs, JJ
You get the best bird photos!!Love that Downy fellow, you can almost hear the "nom noms"!
I had to come and catch up on all your birds...I am interested in how you are recognizing individual chickadees. Mrs Redbelly must have been finding a lot of bugs in that old telephone pole. I had a brown creeper actually going to one of my suet feeders this mornings..It is very cold and very snowy her NE of Buffalo NY..
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Lovely photographs. The birds (and the squirrels) are hitting the suet hard in this cold weather. What fun they are.
I just heard my first red-bellied of the winter!
I featured my Red-bellied also today.. I've named him Pete.... Check my blog!!! Have a great day!
Hugs,
Betsy
What a great feeder! Love those shots of your suet connoisseurs!
I wish we got Red-bellied Woodpeckers here. Great to to see both Woodies using the suet plug feeder.
Lovely photos of both of them. Like the feeder, sure it looks good around that cabin.
I love that red-bellied picture! Very colorful Shelley!
Did you buy this feeder or make it yourself? It looks like a simple one to make and I am thinking of trying my hand or rather my husband's hand at some of these crafty type things. I don't know why but I have this fear of power tools. Gorgeous pics by the way.
Jess - I need to put more out as well. Richard at "At the Water" (he's in my favorites) has some good recipes to make homemade suet.
Denise - I thought so too!
Hill - I bought these suet blocks from the pet supply - but I am going to try to make my own. they usually have other things in them such as seeds and/or berries.
JJ - I would love to see what a yellow belly looks like!
Deborah - I have a pair that comes everyday and I love it!
Rambling - I've been looking at the size of their black bibs and the white on their cheeks.
NC - I agree on what fun they are!
Lynne - aren't they loud?! Lol!
Jayne - thank you!
Nick - they seem to prefer that one to the wire caged ones I have.
Leedra - this feeder I have downstate - but I am going to bring up a similiar one up to the cabin. Hopefully I get the same result!
Eve - thank you!!
Christy - I bought this one. But I think you're right that this should be fairly simple to make.
Great! I like that feeder - I have some similar ones in the store, and they are very popular.
Shelly: Very nice capture of your woodpeckers.
WoW! Great shots.The suet is just what they needed to let them pose for you.
I love your shot of the downey with his beak in the hole. They sure do love that suet in the winter and I've got three feeders up. I've got one similiar to yours that we made with and old log and they love it!
Your woodpeckers are lovely!!! I only see downy woodpeckers at my feeder :)
Super photos Shelley! I discovered your blog via Dave's Bird Watching Blog. The downy and red-bellied are beautiful. I too will be putting up more suet feeders as it is finally getting cooler here in northern California.
I try to put the store bought suet in the feeders the jays can get to and my "good stuff" (homemade suet) in the feeders only the clingers can negotiate. I still go through 3 times more homemade suet than the store bought stuff.
My recipe is here: http://www.thebirdersreport.com/wild-birds/feeding-wild-birds/no-melt-suet-my-secret-to-having-birds-beg-me-for-more
Looking forward to the Christmas Bird Counts!
Shelly: Lovely captures of the woodpeckers.
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