Mike

"It shows what patience and keeping a safe and fairly secluded distance away can provide." That's what he said!  (Sorry, too easy)

Just outside our dining room, we have set up the birds' dining area.  Hanging from an ornamental pear (yeah, garbage invasive, I know-- but too big and too important to remove now) we have a Nyjer tube, a seed tube and two different suet cages.  One suet cage hangs at 5 feet level and another is on a short ground stake near the azaleas along the house.  Different birds seem to prefer each location.  Just two days ago, I had 9 species taking turns: red bellied woodpecker, downy woodpecker, Carolina wren, black capped chickadee, house finch, gold finch, house sparrow, white throated sparrow, and mourning doves.  Each has its own place in the pecking order (literally) and its own location.  Heck, they even get along with the squirrels who hang out.  On other days, we also get cardinals, starlings, grackles, juncos, nuthatches and titmice (?).