The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #142444   Message #3346135
Posted By: JHW
02-May-12 - 12:11 PM
Thread Name: BS: Birdwatching 2012
Subject: RE: BS: Birdwatching 2012
My hanging Peanut Feeder (with outer squirrel guard cage) is used by Blue Tits, Great Tits, Coal Tits, Long Tailed but today I saw a House Sparrow HOVERING with wings going flat out to peck a peanut from the feeder it is not built to cling to. Never seen this before but in minutes a Robin was doing the same, indeed they were taking turns.
I've often wondered how far a bird can go on a seed, i.e. is the nutrition worth the effort it takes to get it?