Posted in Nature Study

Last year, I had just one suet feeder up. After watching our Downy Woodpeckers fight over it with the English Starlings, I decided that this year, I need to put up another one.

Well, it seems that none of the birds like the feeder. It is the exact same one but with one difference. It is red not green. I have yetto see any birds go to the red suet feeder. They love the green one from last year and I have hadto fill it up twice so far this season. Do birds prefer one color over another? It seems like it here.

Well, it does seem that one animal around here enjoys the red suet feeder. One crazy squirrel. Chantelle took these pictures through the window near our Christmas tree (that is what the little color spots are in the pictures).

Can you see the squirrel drey in the tree in the far right?

I think I need to set our squirrel food for this guy so he doesn't have to perform acrobatic tricks to eat.