[TN-Bird] Re: Surviving Cold Weather

I can't help but say good things about the peanut butter bird slop (my
husband's term) I put out.  I set out all that I had on hand on Monday so
there was none available out in the yard for my feathered friends yesterday.
When I pulled in yesterday a Red-bellied Woodpecker was feeding on sunflower
seeds!  The peanut butter process started immediately and within a half hour
I had two suet baskets filled along with a couple of other sites throughout
the wooded yard.  Immediately 4 E Bluebirds came to feed along with a
White-throated Sparrow and the other regulars.  N Cardinals have now taken
to clinging on to tree trunks to partake.  Another unusual visitor
today--Fox Sparrow doing the shuffle and feeding on peanut butter slop I set
on the ground.

Don't forget the water!  I've got a five gallon bottle ready to go out as I
write this.  Too much energy is expanded by birds 'eating' snow for the
water content--at least this is what I've read.

Still no Pileated coming to feed (maybe I'll try mixing in Carpenter
Ants to the peanut butter slop--hee hee).

Anna Varney
Summertown, TN


----- Original Message -----
From: "John Devereux Joslin" <jdjoslin@xxxxxxxxx>
To: <jreese5@xxxxxxx>
Cc: <tn-bird@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Friday, January 24, 2003 1:13 PM
Subject: [TN-Bird] Surviving Cold Weather


>
>     We haven't had any new birds--not even a Purple Finch or the usual
> Towhee--but I am convinced that by putting out lots of suet and related
> high-fat foods we are keeping some of regular local friends alive during
this
> cold period.
>     It was 1 degree Farenheit here in Oak Ridge this morning with highs
> yesterday and today in the 20's.  Last time we had severe weather like
this
> (about 6 years ago), we documented a 95% die-off of Carolina Wrens in
wildlands
> on the Dept. of Energy reservation.  Yet many of the wrens in residential
areas
> seemed to manage to survive during that period.  Our four backyard wrens
are
> certainly gobbling up whatever we put out for them.  Perhaps it is these
> residential wrens that end up re-populating the wildlands rather quickly
after
> such extreme cold events.  Maybe us people are good for something!
>
> Dev Joslin
> Oak Ridge, TN
>
> jreese5@xxxxxxx wrote:
>
> > Carol Reese
> > Ornamental Horticulture Specialist -Western District
> > University of Tennessee Extension Service
> > 605 Airways Blvd.
> > Jackson TN 38301
> > 731 425 4721 email  jreese5@xxxxxxx
> >
> > There are four eastern meadowlarks that have joined the crowd feeding on
> > the ground where I have scattered bird seed, mostly black oil
sunflower...I
> > have never had them join in  before.
> >
> > Cold weather brings treats
> > makes up for my numb feets!
> >
> > Henderson County
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