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A few years ago I had a blue warbler with a black chin (not right up on my warbler names)...anyway, it was at my platform feeder for a couple of days, but I assumed there was some bug in the wood as the feeder was getting old and weathered. Maria Forman Debert, NS > > From: "James W. Wolford" <jimwolford@eastlink.ca> > Date: 2008/05/28 Wed PM 08:50:55 EDT > To: NatureNS@chebucto.ns.ca > Subject: [NatureNS] re warblers eating sunflower seeds? -- was Merlins at point Pleasant > Park > > 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 > > Begin forwarded message: > > > 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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