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Jean B.[_1_]

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> On Sun, 1 Feb 2015 16:47:20 -0800 (PST),
> wrote:
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>> For bird water I use a heated birdbath mounted on the rail of my back porch and an electric dog water bowl on the ground for ground birds and squirrels. We've had single digit temps for quite a while, with wind chill of -25° predicted for tomorrow along with another 12-18" of snow to go with the 30" from last week. It's a tough winter for birds this year. I keep 4 feeders of suet filled at all times for my woodpeckers, Downy, Hairy, Pileated, Flickers, Red-Bellied, etc. and 4 feeder of sunflower seeds too.
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>> Denise in NH
>
> I don't have any power out on the balcony with which to heat water for
> the birds and it would be disastrous to leave the door open enough to
> run a lead out. I was amazed this afternoon to see a Pileated
> Woodpecker fly in, he looked so huge compared to my regular Downy
> Woodpeckers.
>
Neat!