While I watched rain drip from the tree outside my window, a Northern Flicker landed on the trunk and begin rummaging around. He didn't see or didn't like my suet feeder and tended to stay on the far side of the limbs and trunk before taking off. Bob Beason Huron, Erie Co. ______________________________________________________________________ Ohio-birds mailing list, a service of the Ohio Ornithological Society. Our thanks to Miami University for hosting this mailing list. Additional discussions can be found in our forums, at www.ohiobirds.org/forum/. You can join or leave the list, or change your options, at: http://listserv.muohio.edu/scripts/wa.exe?LIST=OHIO-BIRDS Send questions or comments about the list to: [log in to unmask]