Cape Mays are far more interested in suet feeders than most others. Steve Weston On Quigley Lake in Eagan, MN [email protected]
On Sun, May 19, 2019 at 7:37 PM GLENN CIEGLER <[email protected]> wrote: > I’ve had Cape May warblers hitting my suet and the seed feeder! Can’t be > sure they are picking bugs off of both though... > Glenn Ciegler > > Sent from my iPad > > > On May 19, 2019, at 7:27 PM, Jason Frank <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > In the past 24 hours, the feeders have been overrun by hungry birds. > > Anywhere from 10-20 Orioles at a time (Baltimore outnumbering Orchard > > roughly 3-1), RB Grosbeaks (3 pairs), Catbirds, Cardinals, Grackles, > > House Finches, Goldfinches, 2 late Siskins, Both Nuthatches, Chipping > > Sparrows, Woodpeckers D, H, and RB, Warblers Yellow, Yellow-Rumped, > > Nashville, Palm, and B&W.* > > > > *These are only the ones I bothered to ID > > > > I have lots of orange slices and grape jelly set out; it got down to > > 34 here last night, so bugs must be scarce: Warblers and Orioles are > > also taking crumbled bits of suet from the platforms. > > > > Yellow Warblers in particular are coming directly to the deck to take > > meal worms from the railing. This morning, they were landing on the > > window screens looking for bugs. > > > > It appears that some Warblers don't recognize/understand suet feeders. > > I've only ever seen Yellow-Rumps on them. But if the suet is crumbled > > and scattered, on platforms, stumps, logs, railings, or smeared onto > > tree trunks, they find it right away. Since the Orioles and Grosbeaks > > have come to dominate the platforms, I've spread the feeding sites out > > around the yard. The Warblers seem to like it at least 10 yards from > > the bigger birds. > > > > I haven't seen so much savor for suet since the Spring '08 fallout, > > when I was living in Isanti Co. > > > > -- > > Jason M. Frank > > Ortonville Public Library > > Founder & Vice President > > Luddite Ornithologists League (LOL) > > Big Stone County, Minnesota > > > > ---- > > Join or Leave mou-net: http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net > > Archives: http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html > > ---- > Join or Leave mou-net: http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net > Archives: http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html > ---- Join or Leave mou-net: http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net Archives: http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html
