Despite the depredations of grackles et al., I'm willing to keep stocking
the suet feeder as long as our pair of pileateds visits daily -- it brings
them very close to the house for a wonderful view. Carolina wrens and
catbirds forage in the litter below the feeder for bits of suet the bigger
birds drop.

Janet Millenson
Potomac, MD (Montgomery County)

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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Monroe Harden" <>
To: <>
Sent: Friday, May 26, 2006 9:37 AM
Subject: Re: [MDOSPREY] question for the experts


| We kept the suet out because the pair of downy woodpeckers that live
nearby keep coming every day, and we wanted to keep them around.  We don't
get many grackles, for some reason, but the other birds have found it to be
quite appealing.  They do eat through a whole cake in a day or so.
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| Monroe
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| -----Original Message-----
| >From: Norm Saunders <>
| >Sent: May 26, 2006 9:31 AM
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| >Subject: Re: [MDOSPREY] question for the experts
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| >That's an interesting observation, Monroe.  We tend to stop putting suet
out this time of year because all it attracts are starlings and
grackles--they can finish off a whole suet cake in half a day...sigh.
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