Suet is a good idea, but also, meal worms are what the rehabbers give
the warblers, and they like them.
They can usually be purchased at pet stores as pet food.
Ardith Bondi
On 10/26/10 7:44 AM, Phil Jeffrey wrote:
I think most of us here know that this Prothonotary will probably die
of exposure and malnutrition. This is a fate that is the destiny of
most of the very late fall vagrants - those Ash-throated Flycatchers
aren't going to turn around and make it back to the desert southwest -
and in some rare cases actually documented (that dead Western Tanager
in NJ that was found a few winters back).
Like the Scott's Oriole, this bird is being an opportunistic
scavenger. The lay public aren't going to know any better so will
treat it like a sparrow. Any birder or photographer who thinks that
bread forms any part of normal Prothonotary diet is a total idiot.
Any photographer that is using bread to lure the Prothonotary out is a
self-centered moron. Go and pick up the bread. Block the
photographer's shot. Tell them to go to a pet store and get some suet.
Above all, don't play nice, because a photographer that acts like
that is thinking only of themselves. Try and educate them if you
want, but I advocate more immediate negative feedback.
I personally doubt this bird has much chance, but if it is going to
have any, it's going to have to get a better diet.
Phil Jeffrey
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