Suet is a good idea, but also, meal worms are what the rehabbers give
the warblers, and they like them.
They can usually be purchased at pet stores as pet food.
Ardith Bondi
On 10/26/10 7:44 AM, Phil Jeffrey wrote:
I think most of us here know that this Prothonotary will probably die
of expos
I think most of us here know that this Prothonotary will probably die
of exposure and malnutrition. This is a fate that is the destiny of
most of the very late fall vagrants - those Ash-throated Flycatchers
aren't going to turn around and make it back to the desert southwest -
and in some rare cas
> it away from one of the busiest spots in NYC.
>>
>> David Speiser
>> www.lilibirds.com
>>
>>
>>
>> > From: phil.jeff...@gmail.com
>> > Date: Mon, 25 Oct 2010 17:14:20 -0400
>> > Subject: Re: [nysbirds-l] Prothonotary Warbler-my experienc
; From: ard...@earthlink.net
> CC: nysbirds-l@cornell.edu
> Subject: Re: [nysbirds-l] Prothonotary Warbler-my experience
>
> Both times I viewed and then photographed the bird, the only ones
> feeding it were neither birders nor bird - photographers.
>
> This bird seems to be
Mon, 25 Oct 2010 17:14:20 -0400
> Subject: Re: [nysbirds-l] Prothonotary Warbler-my experience
> To: dri...@yahoo.com
> CC: nysbirds-l@cornell.edu
>
> Everyone is *not* doing it, and in instances like this I think it
> could be helpful to figure out who the photographer is.
If the birders and phorographers stop feeding the bird, it will continue to
pick up the scraps of food left by everyone else.
That being said, I think it would be much worse and completely irresponsible
to interfere with this bird by actually catching it and trying to
"rehabilitate" it. Correct m
It is my understanding that this bird has been fed by the "residents"
for some time now, with no apparent ill effects.
I was not aware that warblers ate bread at all. Obviously the bird is
being effectively opportunistic.
could anyone with much more knowledge on the topic, comment on the
re
m
> Date: Mon, 25 Oct 2010 17:14:20 -0400
> Subject: Re: [nysbirds-l] Prothonotary Warbler-my experience
> To: dri...@yahoo.com
> CC: nysbirds-l@cornell.edu
>
> Everyone is *not* doing it, and in instances like this I think it
> could be helpful to figure out who the photographer
Everyone is *not* doing it, and in instances like this I think it
could be helpful to figure out who the photographer is.
Phil Jeffrey
On Mon, Oct 25, 2010 at 4:32 PM, drilbu wrote:
> I just returned from viewing the Warbler at the NYPL.
> I was very annoyed to witness a photographer feeding the
I just returned from viewing the Warbler at the NYPL.
I was very annoyed to witness a photographer feeding the bird pieces of bread
to
tease it out from behind the bushes. When I confronted the photographer, he
said to me, everyone is doing it.
Whether everyone was doing it or not, it is wron
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