I've been carefully watching birds for about 10 years now and don't recall ever seeing a bird eat fungus, but I watched a Gray Catbird eat the cap, about 2 inches in diameter,  off a delicate, gray mushroom this morning.  It must be a preferred food because there is also suet and a zillion berries in the yard for them to eat.  Just thought I'd share something I thought was interesting.

Also took a short walk around Wheaton Regional Park in mid-morning and saw >100 chimney swifts skimming/dipping into the pond water for several minutes, then group up, and fly off together.  It was otherwise pretty quiet by the time we arrived at 9:45am.  

Noah Kahn
Silver Spring, MD


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