Paul,

Some years back we had a male and female Summer Tanager coming to our
hanging peanut suet feeder. They were frequent visitors and never paid any
attention to any of the other feeders -- peanut, hulled sunflower, black
oil, thistle, orange halves. The big payoff from keeping the suet out that
summer was the day they brought their young--two lined up on a tree branch
near the feeder--and fed them the suet. They returned for several years to
our yard and feeder and then disappeared.

Arlene Ripley
Calvert County, MD

http://nestbox.com

At 11:24 PM 5/3/2004, you wrote:
>My resident summer tanager picked up a new trick during his stay in the
>tropics - coming to bird feeders.  Since arriving about a week ago, he has
>been coming to my suet feeder and eating the suet cake with the seeds in
>it.  He ignores the one without seed, and ignores banana chunks.  I've
>never heard of a summer tanager at a feeder before, but if anyone has, I'd
>be interested in knowing what else he might want to eat. The other odd
>thing is that he makes quite a ruckus - constantly calling - as he
>approaches, but then quiet while there and afterwards.  It's really amazing
>to see both the summer redbird and the regular redbird at the feeder at the
>same time.
>Paul Bystrak

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