<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto"><div> On a rare night without rain, I watched a baseball game at Mueller Park in New Ulm and listened to Common Nighthawks flying overhead and calling for “beans,” but eating flying insects instead.</div><div> At home, I watched two suet holders do a thriving business. The birds I saw feeding on suet over the week were: Brown Thrasher, Gray Catbird, Red-headed Woodpecker, Red-bellied Woodpecker, Downy Woodpecker, Hairy Woodpecker, European Starling, House Sparrow, Common Grackle, White-breasted Nuthatch, Baltimore Oriole, Blue Jay and that gold standard of birds, the Black-capped Chickadee. </div><div> A Hairy Woodpecker male displayed noisily with his bill pointed upward and bobbing from side to side of the suet feeder.</div><div> I found a Red-winged Blackbird nest with three eggs (blue with black markings) in it, which was 2 feet off the ground in a Canada Thistle in a prairie planting. </div><div> In Disney’s animated version of “Alice in Wonderland,” the White Rabbit sang, “I'm late, I'm late, for a very important date! No time to say ‘Hello,’ goodbye! I'm late, I'm late, I'm late!” </div><div> My yard’s version of the White Rabbit was a late Blackburnian Warbler here on June 19. It posed for a photo, noticed the time and fled the scene.</div><div> A Eurasian Tree Sparrow has been a recurring guest star on the suet feeders.</div><div dir="ltr"><div><br><div><h1 class="quoteText" style="margin: 0px 0px 15px; font-weight: normal; padding: 0px; line-height: 21px;"><span style="font-size: 17.33333396911621px; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">“Do something wild today. Look at a bird.” — Al Batt, Freeborn County</span></h1></div></div><div></div><div><h2 style="touch-action: manipulation; line-height: 1.4em; margin: 0px 0px 0.5em;">
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