[va-richmond-general] Re: Smart Sparrow


Ben,  our white throats like the suet cake also.  But I make it easy for
them by crumbling some and sprinkling it on a deck rail and deck floor.  In
fact all the birds like that!  The cardinals can get on the suet basket if
you have the type that has drop down perches.  When the grackles are
obnoxious, I don't fill the basket but just sprinkle.  Even the woodpeckers
like the rail or floor food.  And I've also noticed the little birds--snow
birds, even nuthatches--watching for crumbs droping down.

Nelda


> [Original Message]
> From: Ben Griffon <bengriffon@xxxxxxxxx>
> To: RAS List <va-richmond-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Date: 3/14/2006 8:42:08 AM
> Subject: [va-richmond-general] Smart Sparrow
>
> 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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