"Nedra" wrote:

So many birds ... woodpeckers too.They love the suet cakes.
The larger birds that visit are cardinals, blue jays, mockingbirds,
and the mourning doves. You are right John. They are ground feeders.

Not to mention feeding area, one can spread the seed over a wide area,
ad a flock of a couple of dozen birds can come in at once and feed.

It is amazing to watch a whole flock come in, and end up all 6 inches
apart on the ground, feeding, mostly in peace, then to all take off in
one fell swoop when they get spooked.

And then they start returning, a couple at a time.

With open water year round, and food, I have lots of wild life visitors.