Wildlife & Related

[Hummer]

Every year I hang the butchered out backbone/rib sections of elk or other big game so the birds can share in the feast. A surprisingly wide variety of birds line up to take advantage of the fat, meat and marrow and the carcass is usually picked clean in 30-60 days. Some of the birds I've observed include Black-capped and Mountain Chickadee, Juniper Titmouse, Ruby-crowned and Golden-crowned Kinglet, Audubon's and Wilson's Warbler, White-crowned, Fox and Harris's Sparrow, Dark-eyed Junco, Downy and Hairy Woodpecker, Northern Flicker, Steller's and Woodhouse's Scrub Jay, Black-billed Magpie, Common Raven, and American Crow. Always fun watching....