[texbirds] Re: Lesser Goldfinch diet
- From: Tim Brush <txbrush5@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: Judy Kestner <jkestner@xxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 7 May 2014 17:07:53 -0500
How big were the leaves that the goldfinches were eating, Judy? I've seen
Lessers eating small "plant material" items, but big sunflower leaves would
be a shocker.
Thanks,
Tim Brush
Edinburg, TX
On Wed, May 7, 2014 at 2:26 PM, Judy Kestner <jkestner@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> This spring in my back yard I left unmowed a patch of weeds and volunteer
> sunflowers and other sprouted bird seed. It attracted, among other birds,
> Lesser Goldfinches. One day I observed them eating not the sunflower
> seeds, not insects or other delicacies ON the leaves, but the leaves
> themselves!
> One sunflower plant is completely stripped of leaves.
>
> What is the meaning of this outrage?
>
> Judy Kestner
> Corpus Christi
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