Good vs Evil

My suet feeder filled with the homemade "suet" cake that is known to be a bird magnet around the country (ask anyone else on PFW) has largely been untouched all winter except when an occasional (rare) Downy Woodpecker shows up. That has changed I'm happy to say! A Northern Mockingbird has finally discovered it. That's the Good.

Northern Mockingbird

The flip side is that the "evil" starlings (or as a friend has so aptly named them the "snarlings") have also been enticed to the suet feeder. UGH!

European Starling (through the vertical blinds & a screen)

It's not that I categorically do not like starlings. They are great parents (very attentive to the young ones) and they are pretty cool looking. But when a starling arrives, it brings ALL of his aunts, uncles, cousins, friends. And just like in "My Big Fat Greek Wedding" they all talk at once and have to be heard. What a racket! At least in "MBFGW" the characters have charm. Starlings are simply obnoxious in a crowd.

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