In the past day, nobody ate the orange.

However, today I saw a downy woodpecker gamely tapping away at the peanut feeder! And I learned how blue jays eat their peanuts. I hadn't given it much thought, but today the blue jay hung around to eat a peanut rather than flying off, and apparently this bird's method of cracking the shell is to perch somewhere and smack it against a branch until it cracks. I had no idea!

Is it possible the woodpecker is the one drinking the nectar? I still haven't caught anybody at it, but the syrup does vanish.

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