[Mnbird] Yellow Rumped (Myrtle) Warblers on Suet

[Pamela Freeman]

Perhaps because it has been so chilly and damp as of late, the insects are
not as plentiful as need be for them?
So they are turning to suet?
I am not seeing them at my suet, but then, as I stated, it is being well
guarded by the ever present red winged black birds who very vociferous and
vigorous in their attention to it.  I do see the warblers hawking after
insects in the shrubs and thickets and trees. Especially today, once the
sun was shining.


- Pamela
Never give up on a dream just because of the length of time it will take to
accomplish it. The time will pass anyway. - Unknown

“There are some who can live without wild things and some who cannot.”
― Aldo Leopold
I am one who cannot.

On Tue, May 2, 2017 at 9:37 PM, Charlotte Ryan via Mnbird <
mnbird at lists.mnbird.net> wrote:

> 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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