The birds in the backyard are providing hours of entertainment.  There are four separate feeding stations that offer suet, sunflower seeds and peanuts.  In addition to the variety of woodpeckers, blue jays, nuthatches and chickadees, the magpies have been putting on quite the show.

I glanced out the window and saw one land on a board under a suet feeder.  It tried its best to reach the suet but was too short.  After numerous attempts, it began jumping to reach it.  The metal holder kept getting in the way but that didn't stop it.  The magpie was persistent. It kept trying.  Every once in awhile it would fall off the edge of the board and tumble to the ground.  That didn't stop it from flying up and trying again.

The aggressive, little downy woodpeckers fight over who is going to hang upside down at the peanut feeder.  The chickadees change their flight path when the bluejays beat them to the tray feeder.

Nature puts on quite a show for those that care to take notice.