Here's a pair of Clark's Nutcrackers munching on a chunk of moose suet on the tray feeder. The male on the left is doing a ritual feeding of it's mate. Actually, they are identical in appearance but one can discern the sexes by certain mating behaviors. Great birds!

Every fall I hang the bones from my big game carcasses in the yard for the birds to glean fat and meat throughout winter.

Also a photo of a female Downy Woodpecker on the left and a male Hairy Woodpecker on the right, gleaning protein from the moose leg bones. The Downy Woodpecker is a miniature (nearly identical) version of the larger Hairy Woodpecker. Male Downy's also have a red patch on the nape like the male Hairy.





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