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On 4/6/2015 1:25 PM, nancy dowd wrote:
> I just watched a Robin swoop in and snap up a Wooly Bear Caterpillar that was making its way over the snowbanks in front of the sliding doors. Not a very palatable meal, I would think, but times are tough. According to this article (5th paragraph down) there are some birds capable of dealing with the bristles: http://northernwoodlands.org/outside_story/article/wild-myths-woolly-bears
* this morning we saw a Robin approach something across the snow towards
our kitchen window with the breast feathers strangely spread and
flattened, as if the Bird was afraid of something - it then grabbed a
"wooly-bear-like" caterpillar, and rubbed it around for a while before
eating it.
fred.
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