On Jan 24, 2011, at 9:55 AM, Gerald & Laura Tarbell wrote:

> We stopped feeding birds several years ago. Several reasons. The  
> neighbor up
> thru the woods behind us was getting the "good stuff" (one day he  
> brought us
> a picture of one he didn't know- it was an Evening Grosbeak) while  
> all we
> seemed to get were starlings, house finches and sparrows and other  
> assorted
> junk that I finally decided was not worth the cost.
When starlings and house sparrows take over the feeders, we take them  
down for awhile and put them back up when they are gone.

>
> So far the only bird that has found the feeders is a female Carolina  
> Wren
> that feeds solely off the suet. I find this slightly strange because  
> I have
> never thought of wrens as feeder birds and I didn't know that they  
> like
> suet.
> Does anybody else have wrens coming to suet? Is this normal?
>
"Our" Carolina Wrens not only eat the suet, but spend time at the  
peanut feeder as well.
We've had our first red breasted nuthatch ever this year, and at least  
two resident Towhees regularly show up!

Today a male cardinal with "bent" primary feathers was seen on the  
ground under the feeder.  It can't fly and eventually hopped into the  
bushes.