At this time of year (i.e., pre-earthworm) I regularly see AR's eating seeds and suet. In fact, they seem to key in to the activity of other feeder birds. When finches come to the sunflower feeders the robins fly in to scavenge the bits of seed that are dropped. Same with the suet feeders: whenever woodpeckers come to feed the robins immediately station themselves below the feeders and eat bits of dropped suet. In fact, they often fly up to the suet feeders and eat directly from them (I've seen the same behavior from Baltimore Orioles and Scarlet Tanagers).
From: "George Reindl" <[email protected]> To: [email protected], [email protected] Subject: [mou] Feeding Robins Date: Mon, 24 Apr 2006 21:10:58 -0500 Well when I saw it, I called my good friend Dave Bartkey, He was at a loss too. I was sitting on my couch and noticed the Orange breast of a robin sitting on my window feeder. After a quick double take, to make sure I was really seeing a robin, I tried to get closer to see what it was eating, but it flew. That was yesterday, and now today, it was back twice. Thinking it was a fluke, I didn't report anything the frist time. But now??? I did look through the food and found no insects, fruit or berries. Has anyone else had Robins eating seed out of their feeders? Or can anyone tell me if this is common, strange, or whatever? Thanks, George Reindl _______________________________________________ mou-net mailing list [email protected] http://cbs.umn.edu/mailman/listinfo/mou-net
