Subject: [Tweeters] BUshtits at the feeder
Date: Dec 11 10:59:22 2008
From: CRAnderson - christyrae at hotmail.com


Flocks of bushtits have come to my suet feeders for years. They also come to
my peanut feeder - the kind that's a cylinder of mesh with shelled peanuts
inside. I was surprised that they could peck out bits of peanut just like
the chickadees and woodpeckers do.

The surprise for me this year was to have juncos hanging off the suet mesh
feeder! Towhees, too. They can't hang on long, but they are getting some
suet. I guess they got tired of waiting on the ground for the flickers to
knock chunks off for them.

Christy Anderson
Bellevue WA

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[mailto:tweeters-bounces at mailman2.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of Jesse Ellis
Sent: Thursday, December 11, 2008 10:36 AM
To: tweeters at u.washington.edu
Subject: Re: [Tweeters] BUshtits at the feeder


Rupert and all-

I'd be curious to know how often this happens. About two or three weeks ago,
our local flock also found our suet feeders, and now scenes like yours occur
daily. It's pretty cool. As a non-native, I hadn't thought that Bushtits
would be likely to hit the suet, but they appear to relish the stuff. Is
this totally normal, or rather rare?

Jesse Ellis
Seattle, WA

At 10:25 AM -0800 12/11/08, RUPERT GROVE wrote:

For about the third time since I moved to Tacoma from Olympia, I had an
invasion of bushtits at the feeder. I often see them in the yard, but only
on rare occasion do they come to the feeder. A Bewick's Wren just the suet
today also; a first for me at a feeder. It must be the chillier weather.

Rupert Grove
Tacoma, WA


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