Marie, for the past three winters, I have been on Ochlockonee Bay, FL (flows into Gulf of Mexico) mid-January through March. The Yellow-rumped Warblers are abundant. They are often at the suet feeder, but they also visit the hummingbird feeder! At first, I thought they were drinking the rain water that collects in the cavities intended for jelly, but no. They are at the small holes where they can access the syrup. I have never had a hummingbird at that feeder, but the Yellow-rumps do compete with the Red-bellied Woodpeckers who also enjoy the syrup. I keep the syrup level high so the Yellow-rumps can reach it. (I am assuming their tongues are shorter.) Holly
> On Apr 18, 2025, at 6:31 PM, Marie P. Read <m...@cornell.edu> wrote: > > A Yellow-rumped Warbler in my yard just now, eating a few scraps of suet from > the suet feeder before moving on. First I've ever seen that happen. Anyone > else? > > Marie > > Marie Read Wildlife Photography > 452 Ringwood Road > Freeville NY 13068 USA > > Website: http://www.marieread.com <http://www.marieread.com/> > -- > Cayugabirds-L List Info: > Welcome and Basics <http://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME.htm> > Rules and Information <http://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES.htm> > Subscribe, Configuration and Leave > <http://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm> > Archives: > The Mail Archive > <http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html> > Surfbirds <http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds> > ABA <https://www.aba.org/birding-news/> > Please submit your observations to eBird <http://ebird.org/content/ebird/>! > -- -- (copy & paste any URL below, then modify any text "_DOT_" to a period ".") Cayugabirds-L List Info: NortheastBirding_DOT_com/CayugabirdsWELCOME_DOT_htm NortheastBirding_DOT_com/CayugabirdsRULES_DOT_htm NortheastBirding_DOT_com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave_DOT_htm ARCHIVES: 1) mail-archive_DOT_com/cayugabirds-l@cornell_DOT_edu/maillist_DOT_html 2) surfbirds_DOT_com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds 3) aba_DOT_org/birding-news/ Please submit your observations to eBird: ebird_DOT_org/content/ebird/ --
