[mou] Itasca County Red-headed Woodpecker

[shawn conrad]

I was treated to a Red-headed Woodpecker today in my yard in Bovey!  Despite 
the fruit and suet I have out, it preferred to make several trips to my tube 
feeder filled with sunflower seeds.  Hopefully it will stick around for a 
few days, as this is a real treat up north.

On a side note, I have 2 wren boxes and 2 bluebird boxes in my little yard 
in town.  One wren box has a chickadee sitting on 7 eggs and the other has 
been ignored.  Of the bluebird boxes, one has a pair of tree swallows and 
the other has been partially filled with twigs by the wren that nests in my 
neighbor's box, probably to preempt any other bird that might try to move in 
next door.

Last year my boxes gave me a brood of bluebirds and a brood of house wrens.  
I wonder what I should expect next year...

Shawn Conrad
Bovey

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