>From: Terry Crowe <>
>Reply-To: Maryland Birds & Birding <>
>To: 
>Subject: Re: [MDOSPREY] Junco at suet feeder
>Date: Sun, 30 Jan 2005 21:53:48 EST
>
>I have juncos also at the suet feeder.  They would actually get on the 
>feeder
>last year but this year they have ventured to the suet and even my thistle
>feeder!
>
>I have never seen this before.
>
>Terry
>Deale Maryland



  Hi All in reponse  to the above  message  I to have had Juncos feed at a 
suet  feeder one of the wooden double platform  type  that walmart Sells. 
Cardinals also eating the Suet .  As to Juncos eating thistle seed I  
noticed   that several years ago and since . but before that saw them feed 
on spilled  thistle from the ground . They only seem to feed from the feeder 
in bad weather though .  It seems to me at least to be a learned  behavior.  
   I have one of those upside down thistle feeders that the finches like . 
Not this year yet [ knock on wood ]  but in other years have seen Red winged 
Blackbirds feed from it buy  reaching up to the fed ports above them .  When 
it comes to food  they find a way.

Happy  Birding
Danny poet
Queenstown , Md