[CT Birds] Busy feeders!

[Kathy Van Der Aue]

They are probably just the tip of your downy iceberg.  Some years ago I read 
that downies have distinctive neck nape patterns, like fingerprints. 
Curious to see just how many came to my feeder (I usually only see one or 
two at a time), I set up a camera and a suet feeder where I could photograph 
the nape patterns of each visitor.  After two weeks I had identified 18 
individuals!

Kathy Van Der Aue, Southport, CT
kvda at optonline.net
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> There are EIGHT downy woodpeckers feeding from my three suet feeders! 
> That's a yard record. I wrote earlier that a junco was also eating suet; 
> now three juncos are in line -- guess they learn from each other. The seed 
> feeders are full, so it seems that they are eating suet by choice.
>
> I saw about 200 red-winged blackbirds in the Farmington Meadows yesterday. 
> Also had a chance to look at 2 Common Mergansers sleeping, at close 
> range - not rare, but very very beautiful.
>
> Whoever says that black and white are not "colors" has not looked 
> carefully at woodpeckers and waterfowl, many of whom have brilliant black 
> and white plumage.
>
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