When we got up this morning, it was 18 below (-28 C), and here at noon it is still about five below. There seems to be seed in the birdfeeder, but when I glanced out onto the deck where the suet block is attached, there was actually a line of woodpeckers waiting to get at it. When the red-bellied female who had been there for a while finally flew off, she left an empty suet cage. I went out and put a fresh cake in. That's a downy woodpecker in the photo. A hairy woodpecker -- which looks like the downy only bigger -- was one of the ones that had been waiting in line, but it flew off when I went outside. Hope it comes back while there is still fuel available.
On my way back inside, Cassidy was standing at the door to get out, but she moved an inch towards the cold air and jerked back inside.
She chose wisely.
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