Re: Possible BC Chickadee
Arlene Ripley (aripley@nestbox.com)
Sat, 27 Mar 1999 09:11:14 -0500
At 08:36 AM 3/27/99 -0500, S. Hoffmann wrote:
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>If you ever get to Long Island, go to Morton NWR in Noyac on the East End
>South Fork. The Black-capped Chickadees EAT OUT OF YOUR HAND there. They
>strafe you until you stand still with your hand out with sunflower, then
>land on your hand and critique the seed. "Not this one" (flick) "not that
>one" (flick). I had one connoisseur who only accepted the FIFTH seed he
>chose.
In my yard in Southern Maryland, I've had a few Carolina Chickadees eat out
of my hand, as well as Eastern Bluebirds, but none of these experiences can
compare to the Pine Warbler that showed up on March 8 at my window feeder.
It thinks nothing of eating out of my hand! In fact, it will eat two
mealworms while perched on my thumb, sometimes trilling as it swallows and
then fly off with a third. His presumed mate, watches from above and if a
mealworm falls to the deck, she swoops down to pick it up. She is now brave
enough to come to the window feeder herself but is wary, as she should be.
I've got this documented in photographs on my web page
<http://www.nestbox.com/intro.htm>. You might enjoy the seeing the photos.
///////// Arlene Ripley
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