Sylvia has a tradition of sharing Christmas cookies and candies with our neighbors.  Some of them give her gifts in return.  Last month one neighbor gave her a cup filled with seed-laden suet.  You are right.  That gift was for the birds, and the birds love it.

This downy woodpecker may be acting coy.  More likely it is scanning for threats before getting to the food.  No threats present, and so . . .

Yum yum!  Others also visit.

When this big, blue boy comes around the others make room for him.  I haven’t had the camera ready when the nuthatch or the finches have come visiting.

While we were driving on the expressway yesterday, I saw a red-tail hawk flying with its prey (rabbit?) in its talons.  An interesting sight to behold.