Subject: Song sparrow trying to land on tube feeder
Date: May 6 20:06:15 2004
From: Roger Olstad - rolstad at earthlink.net


There is a Crow around here who has mastered the art of feeding from one of
my tube feeders by hanging on to a lower perch and feeding from the opening
which accompanies a higher perch. He flies off before I can get close
enough to see in detail how he manages this feat. I expect he'll be giving
lessons shortly......

Roger Olstad
Lake Forest Park


> From: "Ned McGarry" <ned.mcgarry at verizon.net>
> Reply-To: ned.mcgarry at verizon.net
> Date: Thu, 6 May 2004 14:31:44 -0700
> To: "Tweeters" <tweeters at u.washington.edu>
> Subject: Song sparrow trying to land on tube feeder
>
> First time I've seen this. The feeder hangs outside of a second-story
> window. The bird made three attempts (so far), but only landed one foot for
> a split second before giving up.
>
> A handful of Juncos, who I think of more as ground feeders, also visit.
> They're a bit awkward in their approach as well. Flickers often hang from
> the small feeder picking away at the un-hulled sunflower seed bits. Fun
> stuff to see just outside of my "work window".
> ______________________________________
>
> Ned McGarry
> Sammamish, WA
> ned.mcgarry at verizon.net
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