Downy Woodpeckers, Red-breasted Nuthatches, and Townsend's Warblers also regularly go into those cages. I like the cages because the squirrels usually think that they are too much work. Grin....
Now if my other feeder setups would slow the squirrels down...


Christine Southwick
N Seattle/Shoreline
clsouthwick at q.com


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On Tue, 17 Jul 2012, drsybert at northtown.org wrote:

> Date: Tue, 17 Jul 2012 20:19:36 +0000
> From: drsybert at northtown.org
> To: tweeters at u.washington.edu
> Subject: [Tweeters] PIX - one smart Chickadee
>
> Loved the picture! I have a similar suet feeder that is surrounded by a
> small cage made of the same material as the feeder with the same size
> mesh. The chickadees (chestnut backed and black capped, both) go inside
> it regularly. The have to do a little twist to get out, but they make
> it easily.
>
> I hung this feeder because the big birds dominate the suet feeders
> otherwise, but I forgot about those long-billed woodpeckers who reach
> right through the cage to the suet until the chunk gets too small. The
> flickers, in particular, are daily visitors! Which is good: I love
> watching the flickers, and I am so glad to find something that will keep
> them breeding on my five acres.
>
> Darlene
> Cinebar
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