Date: Thu, 2 Jan 2003 13:17:05 -0500 Reply-To: Maryland Birds & Birding Sender: Maryland Birds & Birding From: Parke H John Subject: Re: Feeding Carolina Wrens MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" I attract the Carolina Wrens with commercial blocks of pure suet. They will feed directly on the suet or on the suet crumbs from the other birds. The pure suet is expensive, but attracts woodpeckers, Brown Creepers, chickadees, nuthatches and Carolina Wrens, without attracting blackbirds, squirrels, etc. I purchase the pure suet by the case (12) and get a 5 or 10% discount. Parke. Elise Kreiss Sent by: Maryland Birds & Birding 01/02/2003 01:02 PM Please respond to Maryland Birds & Birding To: MDOSPREY@HOME.EASE.LSOFT.COM cc: Subject: [MDOSPREY] Feeding Carolina Wrens We have two Carolina Wrens that will often come for shelled peanut splits. They put their whole body into pecking the nuts apart, raising up high and coming down with some force. For an apartment dweller, peanuts are nice, too, because there's not much left behind. The most exotic bird I had at my feeding station drawn to the splits was a Hermit Thrush; quite unexpected. Of course, you'll get the less desirable birds, too. I don't suppose she'd considered keeping a small woodpile on her balcony? Elise Kreiss Baltimore Date: Wed, 1 Jan 2003 10:49:09 -0500 Reply-To: Maryland Birds & Birding From: Ben Poscover