We feed white bread to American Crows in our backyard. As long as I can
remember, they will always dip the bread in the bird bath - even though it
is soft already! They also will dip leftovers from fried chicken or turkey,
but not all the time.

Good Birding!

Hans

On Thu, Dec 14, 2023 at 2:57 PM Greg <gjpluth at gmail.com> wrote:


> Interestingly, within the last few weeks on at least three occasions, I

> have watched a song sparrow sitting on the edge of my birdbath. The cement

> disc typically has maybe a half inch or so of water. The bird was not

> drinking, just looking around. Then, as I watched, it quickly dipped its

> beak into the water and appeared to carry away one of the hulled sunflower

> seeds that I use in my cylinder feeder. Was that to soften the seed?

> I'm wondering if anyone else has observed such behavior from a song

> sparrow, or any other species for that matter?

>

> Greg Pluth

> University Place

>

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> > On Dec 14, 2023, at 12:46 AM, Dan Reiff <dan.owl.reiff at gmail.com> wrote:

> >

> > 

> >

> https://www.nytimes.com/2023/12/12/science/bird-cockatoo-parrot-dunking-food.html

> >

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