Date: Fri, 16 Jan 2004 17:48:26 -0500 Reply-To: Maryland Birds & Birding Sender: Maryland Birds & Birding From: "George M. Jett" Subject: Re: Brown Creeper MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Michelle I also have Brown Creeper coming to peanut butter. I put the peanut butter on a dead tree. I have documented about 20 species that will eat or like peanut butter, and Brown Creeper is one. George ----- Original Message ----- From: "Phil Davis" To: Sent: Friday, January 16, 2004 2:42 PM Subject: Re: [MDOSPREY] Brown Creeper > Michelle: > > To attract Brown Creepers , try offering suet in a cage feeder on a > mature tree trunk, where you can easily see the feeder from your > window. The higher the better. Besides creepers and the expected > woodpeckers, a suet feeder like this will also attract nuthatches and > Yellow-bellied Sapsuckers. For three winters we have also had a female > Ruby-crowned Kinglet visiting this suet. We use either the > pepper-flavored suet or the "pure suet" (no seeds) to discourage gray > squirrels. If you cast a light on > this feeder at night, you may see Flying Squirrels coming to the pure suet. > > Good luck. > > Phil > > > At 20:14 01/15/2004 -0500, Michelle Dunn wrote: > >I just happened to catch this little guy before the sun went down. > >He was > >difficult to make out because he blended into my tree so well. Just > >wondering if these are common backyard birds. It was another first > >for me. > > > ================================== > Phil Davis Davidsonville, Maryland USA > mailto:PDavis@ix.netcom.com > ================================== > > ====================================================================== > = > To leave the MDOsprey list, send e-mail to listserv@home.ease.lsoft.com > with the following message in line 1: signoff mdosprey > ======================================================================= > ======================================================================= To leave the MDOsprey list, send e-mail to listserv@home.ease.lsoft.com with the following message in line 1: signoff mdosprey ======================================================================= =========================================================================