[Mnbird] Yellow Rumped (Myrtle) Warblers on Suet

[Mary Norman]

I am also feeding these warblers on suet, and mealworms!  Last year I noticed a migrating yellow rump eating bits of suet that dropped from my suet feeder.  This year I made an effort to cut suet into small pieces and put them on the ground under the feeder, and also have them on a hanging feeder.  They use both!   And eat the dried meal worms!  I must have 8 or 10 and it is so much fun to watch them flit around!

Mary Norman
Waconia


> On May 2, 2017, at 7:19 AM, Philip Frazier via Mnbird <mnbird at lists.mnbird.net> wrote:
> 
> Just south of Rogers, Mn near Crow Hassan Park I have had a flock of 10 - 12 Myrtle Warblers feeding daily on suet (pure beef suet from Byerly's) for the past 5 days. I assume it is the same flock, though possibly some are passing through. I have Pileated, and all the other smaller Woodpeckers, (Downy, Hairy, Red Bellied, Flickers) feeding regularly at the same suet along with Chickadees, Nuthatches, Bluejays, Starlings feeding at the same feeder. The Warblers are on the ground under three Black Oiler Sunflower feeders, but focus on the suet feeder. This is unusual behavior to me. Anyone else experience warblers on suet before?
> Philip Frazier 
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