As spring is just around the corner, I am pleased to see so many birds still coming around my bird feeders. All the different families made it through the heavy snows and appear to me to be healthy and strong.
Normally only found a half mile north in a wooded area, I even had red-headed woodpeckers come and feed regularly this winter. This makes a total of three different types or families of woodpeckers visiting the feeders.
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