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Index of Subjects I also see a brown creeper on a tree but it ignores hunks of suet there & goes around it! Angus MacLean wrote: > A few days ago there was a Brown Creeper in our backyard. (It is not > uncommon ot see one & sometimes two since we have many tall white & red > pine on our property). There was a great deal of seed on the snow due to > the high winds and the Creeper was obviously quite interested. It would > come to the base of the tree but was loath to go very far from the tree > trunk despite the rewards. At one point it strayed about a foot from a > trunk but that appeared to be its limit. It also eyed the suet feeders > but the bird felt they were too risky. I realize it comes to feeders so > this bird may just be overly timid. I have tried to find some mention > of this trait but the articles I have found do not mention it. > There was a discussion about numbers of Black-capped Chickadees > recently. On enclement days there may be 15-20 here but on nice days > such as today only 2-4 at a time visit. > We have very little diversity at our feeders so it's pleasant to have > the chickadees and woodpeckers. I estimate there are ~12 woodpeckers (8 > Downies & 4 Hairies) but this is impossible to confirm through viewing > so I've started to photograph them (& thus compare them in an > image-editing program). After a couple of weeks I should have a better > idea. > Angus
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