2:54 PM – After last nights raccoon rampage at the mealworm feeder, we rearranged the food court. The big pepper suet feeder is where the mealworms used to be – the raccoon won’t go after it. The mealworm feeder are now on the deck, where we can get to it easily to bring it at night. It didn’t take long for the Bluebirds to find it, and the suet eaters are already on the pepper suet at it’s new station. Here’s a male Downy Woodpecker:

A few days ago we dumped a lot of non-pepper suet into the platform feeder. It wasn’t popular with the regulars, just attracting a few Nuthatches and Carolina Wrens. Yesterday we tossed the suet and restocked with the regular seed mix, but the sparrows and finches that usually crowd the feeder haven’t shown up yet. Here’s one lonely sparrow snacking: