[NatureNS] Orange-crowned Warbler in L. Sackville

Date: Sun, 28 Feb 2010 22:37:15 -0400
From: Lois Codling <loiscodling@hfx.eastlink.ca>
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Our tiny OC Warbler has almost completely stopped eating suet and grape 
jelly, and for the past month has been eating up to 40 good-sized 
mealworms per day (!) and hulled sunflower seeds.  Mealworms are high in 
fat and so are the sunflower seeds,  so it appears that the more of 
those he eats, the less other fats (and sugars?) he needs.  He still 
forages in the bushes outside my kitchen windows, though I don't know 
exactly what he is getting.  He has survived snowstorms, windstorms and 
rainstorms, and stays out of the way of the Sharp-shinned and Cooper's 
Hawks.  I hope he continues to do so!  We are grateful to Suzanne 
Borkowski and Susann Myers for their advice and help in warbler care.  
The feeding cage has enabled us to feed the mealworms to him and not to 
all the Starlings, Bluejays, etc. which would like to get at them.

Lois Codling

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