Yellow-bellied Sapsucker

AshishNimkar-You're very welcome. Thank you! :-)

Thanks Janelle sharing your great observation towards such small organisms... They are always wonderful to know more about them.

KarenL.-Yeah! Don't get me started on Deer. Feeding them this past winter almost bankrupted me but I learned sooo much about them by watching/photographing them this winter it was money well spent, in my opinion (my creditors may think otherwise) any way. "-) Our White-tailed Deer coming running with tailed flying/wagging high when they see/smell/hear me. Even now, with fresh green grass and buds to eat, they still act like dogs, cats or horses when you open a can or bag of food at feeding time. I worried they might become too humanized but later watched their reaction when other people came near (on foot or in cars) and was reassured it was only me they trusted and came near. When other people came within a city-block away they: raised their heads, listened intently, snorted, then turned and ran away even if the other humans weren't coming our way. Our Deer preferred whole-kernel corn and sliced up apples but would also take: carrots, hay, soybeans and wildlife bread if that's all I had at the time to give them. The colder the day, the earlier they came and the more that showed up. I'll share some of the images I got here later on as I've already hogged up far too much ciberspace here already, I think. "-) Thank you for commenting and being so kind. :-)))

I agree Janelle, we put out a wide range of food & get all sorts of critters - foxes eat the bird seed & the deer food block (also enjoyed by the brown thrashers & the robins but we have yet to see any of our deer partake!) & the raccoon is especially partial to suet blocks & regularly steals the whole feeder. After a lot of experimentation we seem to have found a feeder that fools him (for now at least!). Of course the squirrels steal the sunflower seeds & will even eat the safflower seeds that are sold a squirrel proof!
We have also planted a wide range of fruiting trees & shrubs so that we can offer a menu of natural food throughout the year.

Marta-My thinking is, "If you feed them, they will come". "-) Some critters prefer a bug or carrion diet so I'm left having to find areas where they're natural foods are found in abundance but some are easy to attract if you know and have access to their treats or foods of choice ie: woodpeckers (suet and peanuts), songbirds (sunflower, safflower, niger thistle, jelly, orange halves, etc.., butterflies (flowers and milkweed), Hummingbirds (nectar and wildflowers), Fowl, Game Birds, Brown Thrasher, Blackbirds, etc... (whole kernel and cracked corn, soybeans) however sometimes I'm surprised and find an American Robin eating peanuts or a Blue Jay eating beef suet so, you just never know what will show up at the dinner table. "-) And when you attract birds, chipmunks and squirrels to your yard or fields you'll also attract birds of prey or other carnivores so you have to give them adequate protection and be sure to keep their feeding stations clean. Some people don't agree with feeding wildlife but I view it as payment for their cooperation and trust.

What a nice trick to get them closer :-)

Thank you so much Stian, KarenL., Atul, AshishNimkar, Sachin and harsuame!!!

Great picture!

Lovely photo!

superb spotting!

Very cute small bird... They are very lovely with tweeting presence...

Lovely,

Yes. Every year we get them coming for both our grape jelly (or grape jam) and our orange halves. We also get large numbers of Baltimore Orioles coming in for the jelly and oranges so they serve to attract various birds as well as: Chipmunks, Squirrels and Raccoons.

Is this what I should be putting out to attract them to my yard? I know they're in the area.

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