Chirps and Cheeps

A couple of months ago, I bought some bark butter to see if I couldn't entice a Northern Flicker or a Pileated Woodpecker to come up closer to the house so I could photograph them. After all this time, to my surprise, a Pileated came today! It was super exciting to see this large and beautiful creature right up close.  So far, the Northern Flicker that I've seen occasionally hasn't found the bark butter yet.

And by the way, a little plug for bark butter: lots of birds LOVE it - not just woodpeckers. I've seen Juncos, Black-capped Chickadees, Tufted Titmice, and both Red-breasted and White-breasted Nuthatches going for it.

I'm still hoping to see a Northern Flicker - AND - now that I've seen the Pileated here, I'm beginning to hope I'll see a Red-headed as well. I hear they're pretty rare to our area, though...