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Index of Subjects On Thursday when I started out to fill up our suet feeders, I was surprised to hear the thin notes of a Golden-crowned Kinglet. Surprised because I have never found one on our property in the 20 years we have lived in Coldbrook. I found a male on a suet cake & he was quite unwary. After I filled up the log feeders he returned to the same cake & was joined by a female. They spent most of the afternoon on the suet but have not returned. At the same time one of our resident Brown Creepers came to a suet feeder & spent some time feeding there. This was another first although a few weeks ago one would land on a feeder & apparently decided it was not appropriate behaviour for a Creeper, would fly to a nearby trunk. It repeated this pattern but I did not see it actually feeding. In the past they often eat the suet that the woodpeckers have knocked off on the ground. We have been fortunate in having Pileated Woodpeckers at our feeders for the past four years. The first year only the male came but the second year a female joined him. An imm/juv appeared that year for a short time (perhaps two weeks). Usually the latter was accompanied by the female. This past fall another imm/juv appeared but after a week, did not return. Pileateds are enjoyable to watch as their necks are particularly flexible & they contort themselves in odd shapes as they reach for the suet on the other side of the log. When the male first appeared he was fixated on one feeder so that when a Hairy or Downy was on that log, he would perch close by, hollering loudly & seemingly upset. The funny thing was that the smaller woodpecker did not pay any attention to him!! Angus
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