[Mnbird] Yellow Rumped (Myrtle) Warblers on Suet

Charlotte Ryan ryanx050 at umn.edu
Tue May 2 21:37:25 CDT 2017


I also have the warblers on my suet. I've never seen that before. This is
peanuts and etc.

On Tue, May 2, 2017 at 11:27 AM, Mary Norman via Mnbird <
mnbird at lists.mnbird.net> wrote:

> 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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