the summer tanager at westwood hills many years ago sat above a bee hive and would repeatedly fly down to grab a bee Mike Engh
________________________________ From: [email protected] [mailto:mnbird-bounces at lists.mnbird.net] On Behalf Of Fagyal, Chris E (US SSA) Sent: Wednesday, April 25, 2007 1:25 PM To: Mnbird; Thomas Maiello Subject: [mnbird] RE: [mou] Tanager attraction question Best bet for Western Tanagers is probably various types of fruits. They feed mostly on fruits and insects. Orange slices attached to a tree might work. Raisins or dried cherries might work (trail mix for example). Another idea would be something like blackberries or raspberries or wild strawberries. Think of any sort of wild fruit you'd find in the western US. The Tanager family, in general, are not seed eaters. Tanagers seen eating seeds are generally desperate and only eating them because that's all that is available. Chris Fagyal Senior Software Engineer BAE Systems - Armament Systems Fridley, MN (763)572-5320 ----- Original Message ----- From: Thomas Maiello <mailto:thomas at angelem.com> To: Mnbird <mailto:mnbird at lists.mnbird.net> ; mou-net at moumn.org Sent: Wednesday, April 25, 2007 11:11 AM Subject: [mou] Tanager attraction question I am open to suggestions on how to present fruit to the tanager should it decide to revisit me. What fruit, where and in what? I have several feeder type and locations, many trees and shrubs and the area around my water is mostly open given the earliness of spring - but perches are present. Any master tanager magnets out there? Thomas Maiello -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://moumn.org/pipermail/mou-net_moumn.org/attachments/20070425/ab51968f/attachment.html
