Paul et al.

We see similar behavior here from our Hermit Thrush under the suet 
feeders and it does eat millet, too. We have had one with us for 
almost every winter. Hermit Thrushes also love our heated birdbaths!

Phil


At 10:50 03/05/2007, Paul Bystrak wrote:
>In terms of unusual feeder birds,  my resident hermit thrush has 
>become a regular visitor at the feeder, but has developed a 
>different approach from the kinglets described by others.  It 
>watches the suet feeder and whenever a woodpecker is on the suet 
>cake, it flies to the ground underneath, eating the pieces dropped 
>by the woodpeckers.  It has tried eating directly from the suet 
>cakes, but, of course, its head is not equipped for pounding on 
>frozen suet.  It also comes to the deck rail to eat chopped up 
>grapes.  Unfortunately, the squirrels have discovered that they also 
>like chopped up grapes, so it's hard to keep grapes available.  It 
>will eat some seeds as well, appearing to prefer millet, but I have 
>seen it eating sweetgum seeds off the ground.  This has been going 
>on for several weeks now.

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