[Mnbird] Absent

[Carla Smith]

I usually have lots of woodpeckers (Pileated, red breasted, downy, hairy). I’ve had a few Pileateds this winter on suet and flying around between trees and woods but numbers of all are down and I’ve really noticed far fewer red breasteds. 

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> On Feb 2, 2024, at 10:11 AM, DONALD GRUSSING Owner via Mnbird <mnbird at lists.mnbird.net> wrote:
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> First winter ever without Pileated Woodpeckers or Brown Creepers at my suet feeder on the trunk of an oak tree.  Is it the weather or last summer's fires, or the drought (no bugs) or.....
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> Don Grussing
> Minnetonka
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