The Prothonotary Warbler is definitely eating the fruit. http://www.flickr.com/photos/breitschbirding/11017602796/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/breitschbirding/11017673204/in/photostream/ Great find, Art John Breitsch Denver, CO http://www.flickr.com/photos/breitschbirding/ On Saturday, November 23, 2013 12:51:56 PM UTC-7, Dave Leatherman wrote:
> Nice find, Art Hudak, on the Prothonotary Warbler. > > This is perhaps a cherry on top of the November warbler parade in > Colorado, which by my count now totals at least 13 species (Tennesee, > Orange-crowned, Northern Parula, Yellow-rumped, Black-throated Green, Pine, > Palm, Bay-breasted, Blackpoll, Prothonotary, Ovenbird, Common Yellowthroat, > and Wilson's). > > Intrigued by Steve and Cheryl's reports of "hawthorn", chokecherry (its > fruits should be long gone or dried up by this date but it could have > lingering aphids), or some other woody berry plant being involved in the > diet of this Prothonotary, I check the BNA account. There is one winter > diet study in Panama that listed fruit as making up 10% of the diet. I > would really appreciate confirmation this bird is, indeed, eating fruit and > what kind of fruit it is. Thanks. > > Dave Leatherman > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Colorado Birds" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/cobirds/cb138846-2840-46b2-8612-95afaee2e064%40googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
