[va-richmond-general] Smart Sparrow
- From: Ben Griffon <bengriffon@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: RAS List <va-richmond-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 14 Mar 2006 05:41:24 -0800 (PST)
Just thought I'd share some interesting bird behavior.
Our yard has been a haven for white throated sparrows
all winter. We must have at least twenty around our
feeders every day. A while back I had noticed one male
was taking an interest to our suet feeder, at least he
seemed to linger at the base of the tree trunk on
which it hangs. He would stoop there to look up as if
he couldn't quite figure out how to crawl up the trunk
to get to it. Recently I've noticed when a woodpecker
or nuthatch visits the suet feeder, the same male
sparrow leaves the flock and takes up its position at
the base of the tree under the suet feeder. Then he'll
pick up the scraps of suet that fall. As soon as the
bird at the suet basket leaves, the smart sparrow will
finish off the crumbs and return to his flock. But his
eye must constantly be on the suet feeder because he's
right back when another woodpecker comes along. I
guess he finally figured out how to get the goods.
None of his buddies have caught on yet, though.
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