Maybe sucking on the nectar? Have you ever done that to a jasmine flower? Jill
From: [email protected] <[email protected]> on behalf of Peter Saracino <[email protected]> Date: Monday, April 19, 2021 at 9:19 PM To: CAYUGABIRDS-L <[email protected]> Subject: [cayugabirds-l] Cardinals and cherry blossoms Folks - a question. Today I watched a male Cardinal in a cherry tree. He was picking at the blossoms, putting them in his mouth, then quickly discarding them. He was grabbing them from the stem end and not the blossom end. He was doing it for quite some time. The path beneath the trees was covered with discarded blossoms. Any idea(s)? Thanks. Pete Sar -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: Welcome and Basics<http://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME> Rules and Information<http://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES> Subscribe, Configuration and Leave<http://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm> Archives: The Mail Archive<http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/maillist.html> Surfbirds<http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds> BirdingOnThe.Net<http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html> Please submit your observations to eBird<http://ebird.org/content/ebird/>! -- -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
