<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class="">We’ve had a NO Flicker/yellow shafted visiting for months. Male and he also prefers to have access to our heated birdbath and suet.<div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Charlene <br class=""><div><br class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class="">On Jan 28, 2021, at 3:19 PM, Paul Lender via Mnbird <<a href="mailto:mnbird@lists.mnbird.net" class="">mnbird@lists.mnbird.net</a>> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div class=""><div dir="ltr" class="">For the flickers, about 2 weeks ago I had a group of at least 3 (likewise, family?) hanging out on my wooden back steps in St. Paul (Como Park neighborhood) where meltwater from my roof was dripping off an awning onto ice and pooling. As they drank they pounded loudly into the shallow pools. The common denominator seems to be winter water availability.<div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Very cool on the Pileated.<br class=""><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">-- Paul Lender<br clear="all" class=""><div class=""><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr" class=""><div class=""><div dir="ltr" class=""><div class=""><div dir="ltr" class=""><div class=""><div class=""><div class=""><div class=""><div class=""><div class=""><div class="">======================================<br class=""></div>Paul Lender<br class=""></div>University of Minnesota Dept. of Orthopedic Surgery<br class=""></div>2450 Riverside Ave. South, Suite R200<br class=""></div>Minneapolis MN 55454<br class=""></div>Voice: 612-273-8053<br class=""></div>FAX: 612-273-7959<br class=""></div><a href="mailto:lender@umn.edu" target="_blank" class="">lender@umn.edu</a><br class=""></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><br class=""></div></div></div><br class=""><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Thu, Jan 28, 2021 at 1:58 PM mairi doerr via Mnbird <<a href="mailto:mnbird@lists.mnbird.net" class="">mnbird@lists.mnbird.net</a>> wrote:<br class=""></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="auto" class="">What a great experience for you, Susan Kennedy! I have a heated birdbath that the sparrows and chickadees are enjoying. Perhaps I'll get lucky and have a flicker or two visit sometime too! 😉 <div dir="auto" class=""><br class=""></div></div><br class=""><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Thu, Jan 28, 2021, 1:04 PM Susan Kennedy via Mnbird <<a href="mailto:mnbird@lists.mnbird.net" target="_blank" class="">mnbird@lists.mnbird.net</a>> wrote:<br class=""></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div class=""><div style="font-family:"times new roman","new york",times,serif;font-size:24px" class=""><div dir="ltr" class="">I have lived in SW Mpls. near the Lakewood Cemetery for 43 years, and for the first time I can remember I have a group (family?) of 4 or 5 flickers that visit my heated birdbath. When they fly away, I see yellow, so I suppose that makes them northern yellow-shafted ones. They are very friendly with each other, and at least 1 is a male. And for another first, I had a Pileated woodpecker visit my sunflower heart feeder, even though he was bigger than the feeder.</div><div dir="ltr" class=""><br class=""></div><div dir="ltr" class="">Susan Kennedy</div></div></div>_______________________________________________<br class="">
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