Are its feathers fluffed out? If so, it probably is ill. When it leaves, I
would carefully clean the feeder.
Regi
Pray for the dead and fight like hell for the living. Mother Jones
> On Nov 5, 2018, at 3:15 PM, Deborah Schmidle wrote:
>
> Thanks, Donna.
>
> Shortly after taking this photo, the sparrow untucked its head, looked at me,
> and when I looked back, it was gone.
>
> We were actually about to fill the feeder when we spotted this visitor. They
> go through the feed like wildfire. Need to fill it almost daily.
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
>> On Nov 5, 2018, at 3:02 PM, Donna Lee Scott wrote:
>>
>> I have seen this every so often.
>>
>> Bird could be ill or injured. Perhaps it hit a window and is recovering from
>> the shock.
>> Or it might just be sleeping, although that is unusual, since they sleep at
>> night. With these shorter days, I would think most birds spend all daylight
>> hours getting food.
>>
>> I guess just let it be and see what happens. It might get rested and fly
>> away.
>> For now, best not to disturb it, in case it can get better. (altho it looks
>> like you need to fill the feeder at some point!)
>>
>> Donna
>>
>> Donna L. Scott
>> 535 Lansing Station Road
>> Lansing, NY 14882
>> 607-533-7228, 607-379-1694
>> d...@cornell.edu
>>
>>
>> -Original Message-
>> From: bounce-123072986-15001...@list.cornell.edu
>> [mailto:bounce-123072986-15001...@list.cornell.edu] On Behalf Of Deborah
>> Schmidle
>> Sent: Monday, November 05, 2018 2:32 PM
>> To: CAYUGABIRDS-L
>> Subject: [cayugabirds-l] Bird on our feeder
>>
>> This bird has been sitting on our feeder with its head tucked out of sight
>> for the last 20 minutes or so. It is breathing but I’ve never seen this kind
>> of behavior before. Has anyone seen something like this?
>>
>> We are wondering if it is ill.
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> Deb
>>
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