I've seen Townsend's Warbler feeding at mahonia at Washington Park
Arboretum in Seattle, and Yellow-rumped Warbler feeding at our hummingbird
feeder.
Dan
Dan McDougall-Treacy
Seattle, WA
danmcdt at gmail dot com
206.402.9426
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Our neighbors have a large old mahonia bush with many yellow blossoms that
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blooms for much of the winter. Anna's Hummingbirds fight to protect this
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territory a lot and I was surprised to see a Townsend's Warbler able to
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forage in the bush without being attacked several times recently. This
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morning, I noticed that the female Townsend's appeared to be inserting its
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beak into the flowers like it was accessing nectar as opposed to gleaning
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for insects.
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Is that a known foraging behavior for Townsend's? I have seen them drink
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from a hummingbird feeder before but I have not seen them try nectar
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feeding from plants. Cornell's Birds of the World doesn't really have that
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much information on their diet. It does mention that they drink honeydew
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from scale insects in Central America, which I thought was interesting.
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It was a good warbler day with Townsend's, Orange-crowned and
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Yellow-rumped (Audubon's) Warblers all getting suet from the suet feeder or
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hopping on the ground to get suet bits dislodged by a flicker.
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Ed in West Seattle
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