I have seen chickadees, Titmice, nuthatches, and hairy & downey woodpeckers caching food, especially the Titmice. They like to hide peanuts in the window sashes, and I have watched nuthatches remove cached food from the shag hickory trees' bark. Kathy Medina, OH -----Original Message----- From: Ohio birds [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Brian Hart Sent: Thursday, October 28, 2010 2:51 PM To: [log in to unmask] Subject: Food Caching Hi Guys, I know that Nuthatches squirrel away food for the winter, but what other species cache food? The reason I ask is I've been watching the birds at the feeder and the Chickadees and the Titmice in particular seem to have an expressway between the feeder and certain areas of the woods. I know they have high metabolisms, and need to eat often, but it just seems they are carrying away much more than they could possibly be consuming. This leads me to believe that they are caching it somewhere. Is my hunch correct? Cheers, Brian ______________________________________________________________________ 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]