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hardware cloth, full of peanuts still containing the red-brown hull.

Bruce’s enthusiasm for wildlife is contagious. I always want to go along with his interests because they often lead down paths I have not explored before. The birds and peanuts business certainly did that.

“Downy Woodpeckers love peanuts,” he said, presenting me not only with the feeder full of nuts, but a 10-pound bag of “goobers,” as we called them in North Carolina.

I had my doubts. I had seen no bird express great interest in peanuts except jays. Lee and I had frequently purchased bags of bird seed that contained peanuts from the store, For the Wild Birds in McLean, the best, most innovative bird store I have seen. We bought this particular mix just for the jays, even though I know squirrels are drawn to peanuts as if by a

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