Good idea Donna! Pete On Tue, Apr 20, 2021, 6:45 AM Dave K <fishwatch...@hotmail.com> wrote:
> I came across 3 House Finch feeding on blossoms at the start of Towpath > Rd. yesterday. At one point the Male was feeding blossoms to one of the > females. > Some pics in a video format: > https://www.flickr.com/photos/105424358@N06/51128144595/in/photostream/ > ------------------------------ > *From:* bounce-125558311-25047...@list.cornell.edu < > bounce-125558311-25047...@list.cornell.edu> on behalf of Peter Saracino < > petersarac...@gmail.com> > *Sent:* Monday, April 19, 2021 9:19 PM > *To:* Cayuga birds <Cayugabirds-L@cornell.edu> > *Subject:* [cayugabirds-l] Cardinals and cherry blossoms > > Folks - a question. > Today I watched a male Cardinal in a cherry tree. He was picking at the > blossoms, putting them in his mouth, then quickly discarding them. He was > grabbing them from the stem end and not the blossom end. He was doing it > for quite some time. The path beneath the trees was covered with discarded > blossoms. > Any idea(s)? > Thanks. > Pete Sar > -- > *Cayugabirds-L List Info:* > Welcome and Basics <http://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME> > Rules and Information <http://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES> > Subscribe, Configuration and Leave > <http://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm> > *Archives:* > The Mail Archive > <http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html> > Surfbirds <http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds> > BirdingOnThe.Net <http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html> > *Please submit your observations to eBird > <http://ebird.org/content/ebird/>!* > -- > -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --