[TN-Bird] more crazy finches - Knox

  • From: kde@xxxxxxx
  • To: Tennessee Birds <tn-bird@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Wed, 22 Apr 2009 12:06:31 -0400 (EDT)

Must be something in the thistle seed.  Today, a pair of American 
Goldfinches came to the feeder area and the female wandered over to
one of the Black Cherry trees and started collecting silk from the
tent caterpillar nests.  Didn't appear to be eating or searching for 
caterpillars (there were plenty there).  Seems really early for them
to be nesting though.

After gathering a beakful, she hopped over to another limb and wiped
it off onto the branch. (Which was actually quite entertaining to watch
as it kept sticking to her bill... then blew back and got stuck on the
back of her head so she had to scratch it off with her foot... then
it was stuck to her foot... so she used her bill to get it off her
foot... but now it's back on her bill. Like watching a Three Stooges 
routine.)

Anyway, after finally getting rid of the silk, she went back and
did the whole thing over.  Again she eventually dropped the silk
and finally went over to the feeder.

Weird.


Dean Edwards
Knoxville, TN


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