Tweets,
On Monday I was birding at the Skagit Game Range headquarters and had a conversation with a birder from Bellingham whose name I promptly forgot. I mentioned that the salmonberries were in bloom but that, to my suprise I had seen no rufous hummingbirds. He said that he had seen a golden-crowned sparrow feeding on the blossoms. Shortly after we parted ways and I began to circle the dike trail, I found a (white-striped) white-throated sparrow eating salmonberry blossoms. I don't recollect ever having seen sparrows feeding on blossoms. Maybe I'm just a too much of a birder and too little of a bird watcher. Has anyone noticed this feeding behavior with sparrows? If so, is it seen in Zonotrichia only?
Greg Toffic