Naturally Speaking: Feeding wildlife

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Naturally Speaking: Feeding wildlife


A male red-bellied woodpecker pecks at a small orange, which was cut in half and nailed to a maple tree after Thanksgiving Day. (Photo by Jerry Davis)

Don’t forget the wildlife, particularly the birds and fox/gray squirrels. 

A few birds, even though the orioles are long gone, will take citrus. 

Turkey and other bird carcasses will be picked clean by a number of species; even squirrels love the meat, it seems. 

Almost anything is appetizing to hungry birds. 

 

 


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