We have two suet feeders out right now, one is our upside down suet feeder for which we have just finished a video showing it being put to good use by a Hairy woodpecker, you can see this video on our home page by clicking on the picture which will take you to a Youtube video. The other suet feeder is our suet tray combo, that one gets used by many different birds because they can sit on the edge or in the tray to eat the suet, the Grossbeaks have been enjoying it. Now we are all usually familiar with how quickly the birds can go through suet in the winter, but I am amazed at how quickly they are going throgh it now on our feeders, This morning I am looking at two empty suet feeders and I just put suet in three days ago. Yesterday I did have three woodpeckers on our tray/suet combo feeder, which is the first time I have seen that. It must come down to food sources, what is available in the area and who else are feeding birds, maybe when times are tough people cannot afford to feed the birds as much, pity, for a small amount of money we can get so much enjoyment.

Well I need to cut this post short and get out and feed those birds.

We participated in the first New Gloucester community fair on Sunday. A small town fair that had local vendors from around the area offering such things as alpaca fiber, plants, breads, cheese, sausage, vegetables and of course our bird houses and feeders.

We met lots of fun people who had a lot of questions on our feeders and particularly our bat houses. We were pleasantly surprised to here how many people had bats, in their barns and in their attics. As you may or may not know, bats are having a hard time with a disease that is killing thousands of bats (WNS) White-nosed syndrome is having a huge impact on the population of bats. Learn more at www.Batconservation.org 

The day was VERY windy and rather cold but we had a great turn out. Across the road it was "Hodgemans fozen custard" opening day and as usual, being as popular as they are, they had people lined up 12 deep and more at the several windows they had open.

We had Red breasted grossbeaks at our feeder this week, 1 male and 2 females, we do not get to see these birds as often as we have in the past so it was exciting to have them visit.