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She provides shelter, nesting materials, and food to myriad juncos, black-capped chickadees, chestnut-backed chickadees, nuthatches, Bewick’s wrens, towhees, all our native woodpeckers, various migratory birds, pollinators, and so many other wildlife.

She says she now never sees less common species like treecreepers, nuthatches and green woodpeckers in her garden.

The hulking tree, full of carbon and a cool resting place for racoons and red-breasted nuthatches, was slated to be axed as soon as Friday in the development of six units of housing.

“I am happy when I watch a tufted titmouse, nuthatch or any other bird fly to one of my feeders and chow down on a big fat nut or seed,” wrote Donna McDowell of Gaithersburg.

Witko also recommends suet cages, which are good for attracting nuthatches, woodpeckers and Carolina wrens.