The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-04-11
Nature Notes From Wolcott Little Feathery Visitors Reveal Interesting Facts to Convalescing Observer Blue Jays,
 Chickadees, Woodpeckers Among
 Array of Woodland Performers.

Woodpecker If he landed above the bag he made his way down head first. He is equally at east in any position, head upward, head down, perched on the limb or swinging upside down from the under side of the suet bag. He does not ap- pear to be on the alert for enemies, but sinks his long needle-like bill again and again into the suet. Then when he has, for the time being, satisfied his hunger he wipes his bill on the branch and flies away as abruptly as he came.
 It is while the Nuthatch hangs suspended that you are able to see the chestnut patch on his under body near the trump, which Is hard ly noticeable at other times
 Chickadecs
 The fussy little Chickadee like Dagwood, eats his dinner on the jump. They fly to the top of the grape arbor, from there to the suet bag, take a bite and fly again to the arbor. Back and forth, all the while keeping up saucy scolding. They, like the Nuthatch. can eat equally as well upside-down or right-side-up.
 Every one knows the plummage of the Chickadee with its soft dove- grey body its black cap and throat spot and the white edges on its wing feathers. The plummage of the white breasted Nuthatch reminds me of bridegroom or what the well-dressed man will wear at the Easter parade. Not altogether in color, because he Is beautiful slate grey with black cap, but more from the form of his markings. First there is his black tophat, then his well-fitting cut-aWay coat and white vest and the stripes in his tail and the lower part of his wings that simulate the correct morning trousers. All in all he has such a sleek well-groomed look with never 8 feather out of place.
 In contrast the Downy Wood- becker whose inner wing feathers are soft and downy give him an un- tidy look as if he had slept in his clothes. And bracing himself with his tail gives the white outer feath- CTS a bedraggled look.
 There is very little difference in the plummage of the male and female Nuthatch except that the head of the female is not quite as dark as that of the male. The distinguish ing mark of the male Woodpecker is the red patch at the back of the head which Is lacking on the female. The Woodpecker seemed to dominate over the other birds. No matter what bird was eating they would immediately fly away at his ap. proach. He even stood his ground against an aggressive English Spar row, the while a crest of feathers rose up at the back of his head. Mrs. Woodpecker would sit on a nearby limb and hint that she also was hungry and would like to be invited to join him. But he would not permit 1t and she waited pa tiently until he flew away before she began to eat.
 Duet at Eating
 I couldn't decide whether Mrs. Nuthatch was invited to eat with her spouse or whether she ate with out an invitation. They would keep up a chattering and she would keep getting nearer until at last she would join him at the feast. They were the only two I ever saw eating at the bag together all the time I watched the birds during the winter
 Now we have the early spring birds to watch and our winter friends will find their food away from the feeding stations where we will no longer be able to watch them at close range.