[va-bird] Re: Carolina Wrens

I've noticed my wrens don't like to hang from the suet feeder, but they
greedily glean the little fallen bits.  Perhaps it's the logistics of how
the suet is presented....using a tray, like Rick describes below, wouldn't
work on my deck because of the squirrels (sigh).

Pam
McLean
----- Original Message -----
From: Mayhorn <mayhorn@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: Birding-Virginia <va-bird@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Sunday, December 22, 2002 11:49 PM
Subject: [va-bird] Re: Carolina Wrens


>
> Rick,
> I decided to address this to VA Birds in case anyone else is interested.
> I've had luck feeding Carolina Wrens from my suet feeders, but I use the
> recipe that is listed on our Buchanan County Bird Club web site.
> http://www.bcplnet.org/birdclub/suet.htm  They seem to like this mixture.
I
> think it's the peanut butter that they go for. I've noticed that many
birds
> don't seem to like the commercial suet cakes. I sometimes place some of
the
> homemade mixture near our fire wood rack on the porch because the wrens
like
> to search around the wood looking for food. Sometimes my wife or I place a
> tray of the suet mixture on top of the wood stack just outside our kitchen
> window. We often have two Carolinas feeding at the same time. When the
> ground is covered with snow they will definitely find it. I also found out
> by accident that small pieces or scrapings of meat will also bring them
in.
> You can place the food in any protected area. Carolinas like to go back in
> the darker more weather protected places.
> I hope this helps.
>
> Roger Mayhorn
> Grundy, VA
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
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> Behalf Of Rick Webb
> Sent: Sunday, December 22, 2002 11:18 PM
> To: va-bird@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [va-bird] Carolina Wrens
>
>
> I'd like to feed our resident pair of Carolina Wrens, but I've not had any
> luck attracting them to suet cakes. Has anyone had any success feeding
this
> species?
>
> The bird books indicate that they can fail to survive hard winters in the
> northern part of their range. I wonder if that applies to the mountains of
> Virginia?
>
> Rick Webb
> Mustoe (Highland County), Va
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