My Mother has this thing that she does: she saves the head-hair which she (gradually) loses as she brushes it, and hangs it out on limbs around the feeders for nesting birds to glean.
Last year, she had a Chipping Sparrow construct a nest entirely out of her own hair. Today, she hung a clump of it on the Oriole Feeder, and the FOY male Northern Oriole grabbed it and disappeared into the ravine. I'd be interested to hear if anyone among the haired-birder community might see the same results. ALSO: FOY Chimney Swifts over Ortonville this evening. 2 White-Throated Sparrows beneath the feeders. 3 male Evening Grosbeaks on the platform together this morning. FOY Black and White Warbler in Ortonville. Also, I saw a late Red-Breasted Nuthatch at the feeders this evening, after a noteworthy absence since late last January. I'm seeing Warblers, Chipping Sparrows, and RB Grosbeaks nibbling suet. Looks like the recent overnight cold-snaps might've laid low some of their preferred proteins. -- Jason M. Frank Ortonville Public Library Founder & Vice President Luddite Ornithologists League (LOL) Big Stone County, Minnesota ---- Join or Leave mou-net: http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net Archives: http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html
