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haha yes they do!

I use Pine Tree Farms Log Jammers suet logs. We made the holes about 1.5 inches since that's the since of suet logs usually. Then I break off pieces and squish them into the holes. The woodpeckers really like it!

I'm not sure what he was actually eating this time. But they do eat a lot of the seeds, peanuts, mealworms, and suet nuggets that I put out there!

Hello! Good question :) I am using Pine Tree Farms Log Jammer Peanut Butter Suet! I just break the logs into pieces and push them into the holes. They are somewhat soft so I try to press it in quite a but so they have to work at it a little, especially the crows!

@@thebirdperch_MI I bought a bunch of dried mealworms this year primarily for Bluebirds but they never touched them. In your experience will other desirable birds eat them? They're dried so i can wait till next spring but maybe i can set some out in winter as well?

@@daverobinson8491 I use dried mealworms year round. I originally got them to attract bluebirds. They used to eat them but now they don't come to my feeders very often. But several other birds will eat them. The crows really like them! I have seen many different kinds of birds eating them too! I would definitely try putting them out during the winter to see if you get any takers :)

Thanks!

Kalamazoo Michigan!

Like a pro! lol!

This past spring/summer, we had at least 4 different ones coming to the feeder! We might see more of them as the weather gets colder!

Yes lol!

Also @@thebirdperch_MI, Did you know what he was technically an acorn woodpecker, but made him aesthetically resemble the pileated? Crazy? Absolutely!

Thank you! I love to share these amazing birds!!

Aren't they just incredible to see in person?

Yes!! Love them!

These are one of my favorite visitors! There is usually at least one pair that stays near during the spring, maybe summer too. They are pretty elusive! One spring, I had 3 males and a female show up at my feeder and they stayed for several days!

@ I am envious! Scarlet Tanager and I will add, Rose-Breasted Grosbeak, are regular but scarce hard to find in my area. The Blue-Winged Warbler I saw in one of your vids is another tough one. The many ‘northern’ birds I mentioned in another vid’s comments are not possible in my yard. I do get the neat, but dangerous Cooper’s Hawk as a year-round resident. Common urban bird in Miami, oddly.

@ Wanted to ask. Your in Michigan, in a forested area. Do you have Black-Throated Blues nesting? Or Black-Throated Green? In Massachusetts, where I’m from, the BT Green at least, is very common in summer there, and you can hear its song all the time.

That's wonderful! We only have the warblers for a short time in the spring and fall as they pass through!

@ We get several warblers that stay for the winter in my area. Miami-Dade, along with Broward and Monroe counties (Keys) have the highest number of regularly wintering warbler species, over 20, in the US. Essentially restricted to this small region, and not hard to find, are Magnolia, Cape May, Black-Throated Blue, American Redstart, and Northern Waterthrush (mangrove forests). Some others, more widespread in, but mostly confined to Florida in winter include Black-Throated Green, Ovenbird, Black and White, Northern Parula, and Prairie. Some rare warblers, like Tennessee, Wilson’s, Worm-Eating, Nashville, Hooded, and increasingly, Swainson’s, are annual. Other bird groups, with such species as Yellow-Throated Vireo, Least, Great-Crested, and Scissor-Tailed Flycatchers, Indigo Buntings, and Summer Tanagers, have the same pattern. Migration is ok, but definitely better in the upper Gulf Coast. Caribbean migrants (many stay for winter) and long-distance South Americans (Connecticut, Blackpoll) are the main show here. Not exactly warbler related, but the lack of many familiar winter/ year-round birds in this far corner is remarkable. American Goldfinches, Siskins, Juncos, Nuthatches, American Robin, and pretty much all native sparrows, are not found much. Will add that Cardinals, Blue Jays, Grackles (2), Mockingbirds and Catbirds, Mourning Doves, and some other ‘abundant’ species are just as numerous around here. I have 7 painted buntings (two male, five ‘greenies’) that visit the yard all day, which,while not unusual, is a treat! Hope you weren’t bored with my local bird news. I enjoy seeing your vids, and I find the similarities, and differences between the two places interesting.