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POTD 5/25/25
DINNER DELIVERY - Adult Great Blue Heron lets the chick know it is on the way back with food, which gets the chicks up squawking in anticipation.
POTD 5/24/25
DINNER TIME ON THE BEAVER POND - A Great Blue Heron prepares to feed two eager chicks. Herons hunt in water surrounding the nest and bring back their catches that they regurgitate into the nest for the chicks to fight over.
POTD 5/23/25
BUGGING - A male Red-bellied Woodpecker probes tree bark to dig out insects - it's primary food source. We have woodpeckers year round that eat suet and oranges from feeders, but also climb the tree trunks getting insects and larva.
POTD 5/22/25
TAKING A SHORT BREAK - Female Great Blue Heron perches near the nest during a short break from tending chicks. Her young chicks were just barely visible in the nest - and she did not stay away from them for very long.
POTD 5/21/25
MESSY EATER - A male Purple Finch with a beak full of sunflower seeds he had just shelled. Finches can shell seeds in their beaks and will sit in/at feeders eating leaving the shells behind.
