I had an ovenbird that was feeding on bits of peanut butter suet that had
fallen from the suet feeder, he stayed for a week. I also had a pair of
wood thrushes that showed up almost every day this summer under the suet
feeder - I'm not sure if they just discovered it this summer or if it had to
do with the drought. Needless to say I am keeping my suet feeder full from
now on!
Jean, also near Dayton
-----Original Message-----
From: Ohio birds [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Marie
Schatz
Sent: Thursday, October 11, 2007 8:36 PM
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Re: [Ohio-birds] Overbird eating nyjer seed
None of the articles and books on backyard bird feeding that have lists
of what birds like what seed have ever mentioned
Mourning Doves and thistle - yet my Mourning Doves are always
scrounging around the thistle feeders.
FWIW
Mary, near Dayton
P.S. Not to mention possums. I;m pretty sure anyway that those
weird shaped nyger balls are possum poo of nyger.
On Oct 11, 2007, at 7:20 PM, Bruce M. Bowman wrote:
> A couple of years ago a friend of mine had Fox Sparrows that relished
> fallen nyjger seeds. Two stayed for three or four days chowing
> down on
> nyjger.
>
> Bruce
>
>
> Date sent: Thu, 11 Oct 2007 11:12:30 -0700
> Send reply to: Robert Royse <[log in to unmask]>
> From: Robert Royse <[log in to unmask]>
> Subject: [Ohio-birds] Overbird eating nyjer seed
> To: [log in to unmask]
>
>> I have had an Ovenbird consorting with the neighborhood Goldfinch
>> flocks
>> for over a week now. This Ovenbird seems to be eating fallen
>> nyjger seeds
>> underneath my thistle feeder. It struts around like a chicken (a
>> small
>> chicken) with its tail cocked pecking up the nyjer seeds and
>> doesn't seem
>> to be scratching beneath the surface. Ovenbirds are common spring
>> and
>> fall migrants in my backyard area, but I have never seen this
>> behavior or
>> feeding choice from them before.
>>
>> Bob Royse, Columbus
>>
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