Cold Weather Visitors

Although I feed goldfinches year-round (they do eat an amazing amount of black thistle seed), when there's snow on the ground, the dark-eyed Juncoes descend, as well.   During the storms, I counted at least 50 of these ground-feeding birds.  On each side of the house, I've hung a suet feeder with the woodpeckers in mind.  Starlings like this treat as well, although I'm not fond of them.  Red-shafted Flickers are common here, and I've seen as many as 5 in the maple tree outside the kitchen window.  A Downy woodpecker visits sometimes, as well.