Red-headed Woodpecker

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11. Flying squirrels are so cute....

unless they are living in your attic which ours were. Sadly we had to exterminate a few but were lucky they hadn't had time to get real comfortable. Our exterminator (who has a bunch of flying squirrels as pets) said we could have easily had dozens within a short amount of time. I was amazed how they found a tiny hole in the corner of the house that was exposed when our power line came down during a storm. I was surprised to learn flying squirrels even lived around here.

Now the grey squirrels were the big troublemakers around the feeders. That was a battle that could not be won so I eventually thought of the feeders as dual purpose, there for bird and squirrel alike.