The weather is "cold," but this morning the birds at our feeders, warmed my heart.

There were so many! American Gold Finches were singing away. The Black Capped Chickadees were scooting back and forth from branch to feeder quickly grabbing a sunflower seed. The Hairy Woodpeckers were jerking their head's to look out for danger, and hopped to a fro on the feeder bar. Then they would fly down to grab onto the suet feeder, to peck at our homemade bird food. Some other birds in sight were: Nut Hatches, Downy Woodpeckers, Red Cardinals, Blue Jays, and Red Poles.

A few weeks ago my daughter and I made some suet with: lard, crunchy peanut butter, oats, raisins, corn meal and mixed seeds, (mostly sunflower seeds). The woodpeckers love it!

This is a book we use as a reference tool to learn about the birds that frequent our feeders.