[NatureNS] re warblers eating sunflower seeds? -- was Merlins at point Pleasant

Date: Wed, 28 May 2008 21:50:55 -0300
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Paul et al., I'm intrigued by your warbler loving black-oil sunflower  
seeds.  Surely that is very unusual -- has anyone else any experience  
with any sort of warbler eating sunflower seeds?

Cheers from Jim in Wolfville

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> From: Paul Murray <murraypaul@ns.sympatico.ca>
> Date: May 29, 2008 9:19:43 PM ADT
> To: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca
> Subject: Re: [NatureNS] Merlins at point Pleasant Park
> Reply-To: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca
>
> A couple of years ago my wife and I entertained a rare Townsend's  
> Warbler at our house in Quispamsis, NB (he loved black oil  
> sunflower seeds!).  The bird came every 15-30 minutes to my feeders  
> for about two weeks.  Half of the serious birders in NB enjoyed the  
> bird over tea in our living room.  What we didn't know was that our  
> local Sharpie was also observing!   He came unannounced for lunch  
> one day and picked our beautiful warbler out a crowd of 14 or 15  
> mundane American Goldfinches and there ended our warbler and our  
> enjoyment.     My wife almost saved the warbler but had a last  
> minute second thought before she threw her coffee mug through the  
> plate glass of our front window at Sharpie!  Some would say she  
> made the wrong choice though.  She watched the whole attack  
> sequence from 8 feet away and she was traumatized for three weeks  
> by the whole experience!  We missed all those nice people coming  
> for tea every day too.  Sharpie even had the nerve to come back an  
> hour later for chick-a-dee dessert!
>
> Paul

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Paul et al., I'm intrigued by your warbler loving black-oil sunflower =
seeds. =A0Surely that is very unusual -- has anyone else any experience =
with any sort of warbler eating sunflower =
seeds?<div><br></div><div>Cheers from Jim in =
Wolfville<br><div><br><div>Begin forwarded message:</div><br =
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href=3D"mailto:murraypaul@ns.sympatico.ca">murraypaul@ns.sympatico.ca</a>>=
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separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; =
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auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0; "><div><font =
size=3D"2"></font>=A0</div><div><font size=3D"2">A couple of years ago =
my wife and I entertained a rare Townsend's Warbler at=A0our house =
in=A0Quispamsis, NB=A0(he loved black oil sunflower seeds!).=A0 The bird =
came every 15-30 minutes to my feeders for about two weeks.=A0 Half of =
the serious birders in NB=A0enjoyed the bird over tea in=A0our living =
room.=A0 What we didn't know was that our local Sharpie was also =
observing!=A0=A0 He came unannounced for lunch one day and picked our =
beautiful warbler out a crowd of 14 or 15=A0mundane American Goldfinches =
and there ended our warbler and our enjoyment.=A0=A0=A0=A0 My wife =
almost saved the warbler but had a last minute second thought before she =
threw her coffee mug through the plate glass=A0of our=A0front window at =
Sharpie!=A0 Some would say she made the wrong choice though.=A0 She =
watched the whole attack sequence from 8 feet away and she was =
traumatized for three weeks by the whole experience!=A0 We missed all =
those nice people coming for tea every day too.=A0 Sharpie even had the =
nerve to come back an hour later for chick-a-dee =
dessert!=A0</font></div><div><font size=3D"2"></font>=A0</div><div><font =
size=3D"2">Paul</font></div></span></blockquote></div></div></body></html>=

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