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"I think it's a Wood Stork, but it's pretty tricky to tell from that distance. I saved and then enlarged the picture and the feet look pink not black and the neck looks shorter than an Egret, but it also looks a little "off" for…"

"Thanks, Laura! Its head and beak definitely looked like your photos of the wood stork, but its body did not have that black plumage. That's why I thought maybe it was a juvenile? "

"I'm having trouble telling what the face looks like. I don't see black on the wingtips, but the angle might be wrong for that, and from here it looks like it has a yellow beak, but that could be the vegetation. So the two possibilities are…"

"I have a couple shots of Red-winged blackbirds in my photos here. They are very common in north Texas, usually around water and cattails. Nesting season right now. Tom"

"I've found one that works pretty well at Walmart and other stores. It has a cage on a spring around the tube. Squirrels are too heavy and pull the cage down, covering the openings, but birds don't pull the cage down. An occasional squirrel…"

"I have two of the Brome Squirrel Buster Plus, which I like very much because it is easy to take apart for cleaning. Expensive, but the company has been great to work with. The feeder has a guarantee, and when I call them about a problem they've…"

"hi gpa my bird is a green jay native to the bottom tip of Texas and top of Mexico"

"from Simon katz thank you the bird is a green jay native to the bottom tip of Texas and top of Mexico"

"Cant's use anything for squirrels to slide on. Wish I could. But, good to hear about the red pepper option. At least for the loose seed. Do you think it would be a good thing to try in the suet mixtures? Might be difficult for them to filter…"

"There are several...Droll Yankee Whipper, Dipper, or Flipper, or a tube feeder with a cage, or the Sky Cafe, which is the one that looks like it has a witch's hat on top. These are more on the expensive side, but come with a guarantee, for the…"

"What a gorgeous green bird!"

"This isn't exactly what you want I know. But, I diligently chased the squirrels away whenever they cam to feed and drove the birds away or otherwise interfered with them. Took a little while. But, now, when they come they gently come into the…"

"Welcome aboard Simon, Fill us in on the bird."