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I have a similar suet feeder to Lois's- and every winter many birds
routinely feed upside down from it as Lois describes - nuthatches,
chickadees, bluejays, starlings and flickers, as well as the odd crow.
It hangs in a tree with lots of branches large and small around it.
Eleanor Lindsay
Seabright , St Margarets Bay
On 09/11/2013 4:37 PM, Lois Codling wrote:
> I saw an A. Crow this afternoon trying to get at our suet feeder,
> James. He landed on our nearby birdbath, then flew over a few feet
> and managed to peck on the suet from beneath. Our feeder is hung
> horizontally with a wooden roof over top to try to foil the
> Starlings. The next time the Crow tried for the suet, he grabbed the
> wire cage and hung upside-down and pecked at the suet briefly! I've
> never seen that before either.
>
> Lois Codling
>
> On 09/11/2013 10:42 AM, James Hirtle wrote:
>>
>> This morning I observed something I have not seen before in all of
>> the years that I've been feeding birds. Maybe others have seen it and
>> it is not as uncommon as I think. It was an American crow perched on
>> my cage suet feeder and partaking of the suet as it swung back and
>> forth.
>>
>> James R. Hirtle
>> Bridgewater
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>>
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<font size="+1">I have a similar suet feeder to Lois<font size="+1">'s<font
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routinely fee<font size="+1">d upside down from it as Lois
describes</font> - nuthatches, chickadees, bluejays, star<font
size="+1">l<font size="+1">ings and </font></font>flickers, as
well as the odd crow. It hangs in a tree with lots of branches
large and small around it.<br>
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<font size="+1">Eleanor Lindsay<br>
<font size="+1">Seabright , St Margarets <font size="+1">Bay<br>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 09/11/2013 4:37 PM, Lois Codling
wrote:<br>
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<blockquote cite="mid:527E9D23.6020609@hfx.eastlink.ca" type="cite">I
saw an A. Crow this afternoon trying to get at our suet feeder,
James. He landed on our nearby birdbath, then flew over a few
feet and managed to peck on the suet from beneath. Our feeder is
hung horizontally with a wooden roof over top to try to foil the
Starlings. The next time the Crow tried for the suet, he grabbed
the wire cage and hung upside-down and pecked at the suet briefly!
I've never seen that before either.
<br>
<br>
Lois Codling
<br>
<br>
On 09/11/2013 10:42 AM, James Hirtle wrote:
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This morning I observed something I have not seen before in all
of the years that I've been feeding birds. Maybe others have
seen it and it is not as uncommon as I think. It was an
American crow perched on my cage suet feeder and partaking of
the suet as it swung back and forth.
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<br>
James R. Hirtle
<br>
Bridgewater
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