Kerri,
I've been having Song sparrows pigging out on my suet blocks this year,
too. Also saw a Fox Sparrow, Steller's Jays, Downy Woodpeckers, numerous
Black-capped Chickadees, also Chestnut-backed Chickadees, Juncoes,
hoards of Common Bushtits, and Flickers; all these eating the suet! I
even saw both species of kinglets and a Townsend's Warbler looking
hopefully at dining possibilities on my 4th floor (top floor) condo deck
bordering Seahurst Park in Burien. The suet is a high energy food source
in this chilly winter weather, but this is my first year of seeing
native sparrow species (Song, Fox and Juncoes) eating it.
Cheers to all, me2
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Woods Lab, Toxicology Group at Roos 1, Box 354695
Lab/Office phone: 206-685-1938 Email: mj2ephd at u.washington.edu
DEOHS, SPHCM, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195
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On Fri, 12 Dec 2003, K Scarbrough wrote:

> I just watched a song sparrow cling to my suet cage and chow down like there was no tomorrow. I never seen where they are likely to eat this?
>
> Let me add I have had almost zero success with either butcher-suet or storebought rendered blocks in the 18 years I've lived in the Puget Sound area so I'm especially surprised.
>
> Kerri W. Scarbrough, O.D.
> Woodinville, WA