Flicka-dee feeders

So with the house and tree-filled yard it was obvious that a bird feeder (or six) would liven things up, especially for Jasper.  So far there's now a Chickadee feeder (featured on a previous Caturday), two suet feeders -- one cheap basic metal cage and one fancy tail-prop feeder purchased after the brief sighting of a Pileated woodpecker in the pines -- a hummingbird feeder, a basic tube feeder (to distract the House Sparrows), a thistle sock, and a peanut wreath for the jays.

They've done a fine job of attracting the wildlife, with a herd of at least a dozen chickadees spearheading the wildlife extravaganza of Bushtits, House Sparrows, House Finches, Goldfinches, Bewick's Wrens, Nuthatches, Steller's Jays, and Northern Flickers... who are apparently the big winners here as the three of them have apparently decided they like to eat EVERYTHING.

To whit, I've recently started work on a BirdCam using the hardware leftover from the old Houseboat camera. It's not ready for prime time yet, but behold the first few tests...

This is how the chickadee feeder is supposed to work. Note the bird bath and two suet feeders in the background on the right side of the image, and of course, a chickadee who immediately figured out the feeder was for him.

This is a Flicker having an identity crisis.