From south-bay-birds-bounces+south-bay-birds-archive=[[email protected]] Wed Feb 25 10:37:46 2004 Received: from www.plaidworks.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by plaidworks.com (8.12.9/8.12.9) with ESMTP id i1PIYgl6003067 for <[[email protected]]>; Wed, 25 Feb 2004 10:34:42 -0800 (PST) Received: from smtp.inreach.com (smtp.inreach.com [209.142.2.34]) by plaidworks.com (8.12.9/8.12.9) with SMTP id i1PIXKNY003022 for <[[email protected]]>; Wed, 25 Feb 2004 10:33:20 -0800 (PST) Received: (qmail 16494 invoked from network); 25 Feb 2004 18:33:19 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO ?209.209.18.24?) (209.209.18.24) by smtp.inreach.com with SMTP; 25 Feb 2004 18:33:19 -0000 Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Sender: [[email protected]] Message-Id: In-Reply-To: <[[email protected]]> References: <[[email protected]]> Date: Wed, 25 Feb 2004 10:31:33 -0800 To: Barbara Harkleroad <[[email protected]]>, SBB <[[email protected]]> From: Ruth Troetschler <[[email protected]]> Subject: Re: [SBB] Mockingbird diet. Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" ; format="flowed" X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.5a1 Cc: X-BeenThere: [[email protected]] X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5a1 Precedence: list List-Id: South Bay Birding List-Unsubscribe: , List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Sender: south-bay-birds-bounces+south-bay-birds-archive=[[email protected]] Errors-To: south-bay-birds-bounces+south-bay-birds-archive=[[email protected]] We occasionally observe the Mockingbird feeding on our lard/peanut butter/cornmeal/oatmeal cake. Mostly they feed on berries and insects, and indeed defend our persimmon from most other birds. A few birds (such as American Robin) change diets seasonally, even changing the conformation of the gut. Ruth Troetschler At 9:43 AM -0800 2/25/04, Barbara Harkleroad wrote: >Yesterday I observed a Mockingbird eating from a suet >cake in a backyard pine tree. The cake is berry >flavored and must have fooled the bird. Do birds >smell their food? This is new to me. > >The Chickadees have been feeding at the Hummingbird >feeder as well as enjoying the suet cake. > >Barbara Harkleroad >Almaden Area > >__________________________________ >Do you Yahoo!? >Yahoo! Mail SpamGuard - Read only the mail you want. >http://antispam.yahoo.com/tools >_______________________________________________ >Do not post admin requests to the list. They will be ignored. >south-bay-birds mailing list ([[email protected]]) >Help/Unsubscribe/Update your Subscription: >http://www.plaidworks.com/mailman/options/south-bay-birds/rebugging%40batnet.com > >This email sent to [[email protected]] _______________________________________________ Do not post admin requests to the list. They will be ignored. south-bay-birds mailing list ([[email protected]]) Help/Unsubscribe/Update your Subscription: http://www.plaidworks.com/mailman/options/south-bay-birds/south-bay-birds-archive%40plaidworks.com This email sent to [[email protected]]