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 >> >> _____________________________________________________________________ >> _ >> >> Ohio-birds mailing list, a service of the Ohio Ornithological >> Society. Our >> thanks to Miami University for hosting this mailing list. Additional >> discussions can be found in our forums, at www.ohiobirds.org/forum/. >> >> You can join or leave the list, or change your options, at: >> http://listserv.muohio.edu/scripts/wa.exe?LIST=OHIO-BIRDS >> Send questions or comments about the list to: [log in to unmask] > > ______________________________________________________________________ > > Ohio-birds mailing list, a service of the Ohio Ornithological Society. > Our thanks to Miami University for hosting this mailing list. > Additional discussions can be found in our forums, at > www.ohiobirds.org/forum/. > > You can join or leave the list, or change your options, at: > http://listserv.muohio.edu/scripts/wa.exe?LIST=OHIO-BIRDS > Send questions or comments about the list to: [log in to unmask] ______________________________________________________________________ Ohio-birds mailing list, a service of the Ohio Ornithological Society. Our thanks to Miami University for hosting this mailing list. Additional discussions can be found in our forums, at www.ohiobirds.org/forum/. You can join or leave the list, or change your options, at: http://listserv.muohio.edu/scripts/wa.exe?LIST=OHIO-BIRDS Send questions or comments about the list to: [log in to unmask] ______________________________________________________________________ Ohio-birds mailing list, a service of the Ohio Ornithological Society. Our thanks to Miami University for hosting this mailing list. Additional discussions can be found in our forums, at www.ohiobirds.org/forum/. You can join or leave the list, or change your options, at: http://listserv.muohio.edu/scripts/wa.exe?LIST=OHIO-BIRDS Send questions or comments about the list to: [log in to unmask]