[wisb] Re: Field sparrows on a feeder (Milwaukee Co)
- From: Cathy <cmauer@xxxxxxx>
- To: hlkauffman@xxxxxxx
- Date: Fri, 06 Apr 2012 15:57:04 -0500
A Junco has been feeding on suet (commercial cake) that is accessible
from my platform feeder. At first it was eating remnants that I had put
in a small dish, but now it eats from the suet cage. The commercial suet
cake has a lot of grain/nuts in it so the food itself doesn't surprise
me, but eating out of the suet cage seems odd for a Junco.
Cathy Mauer
near Medford
Taylor County
On 4/6/2012 11:02 AM, Heather Kauffman wrote:
> Funny you should say that. This winter, for the first time ever, I had several
> Dark-eyed Juncos eating at my thistle tube feeder. Not only did they dine
> there,
> they chased off any Goldfinch that perched for a few morsels of thistle.
> Getting
> bolder, they started visiting my suet cage as well, and chased goldfinches
> away
> from that. Has anyone ever seen this behavior before? I've always known Juncos
> as docile ground feeders. With the early spring, most (though not all) of the
> Juncos have departed, and the Goldfinches have been able to return to the
> feeder.
> By way of introduction, I'm new to the list though not new to birds, and live
> in
> Madison with my daughters, partner, and two small dogs.
>
> Heather Kauffman
> Madison, WI
> Dane County
>
>
>
>
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> From: B.G. Sloan<bgsloan2@xxxxxxxxx>
> To: wisbirdn<wisbirdn@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Fri, April 6, 2012 10:09:29 AM
> Subject: [wisb] Re: Field sparrows on a feeder (Milwaukee Co)
>
> Several years ago I had a Dark-eyed Junco that ate regularly from a tube
> feeder.
> I'm thinking it had been watching the the other birds feeding and decided to
> check it out. The first couple of times I saw it, the bird just sat on the
> feeder perch and looked around. Eventually it figured it out and ate there
> regularly. Right before spring migration it was joined by a second junco.
>
> Bernie Sloan
> Milwaukee, WI
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