Hi Rick: Grey squirrels, red squirrels, both species of flying squirrels (often come to feeding stations to feed on suet), and chipmunks covet protein and are known to eat bird eggs and nestlings. Indeed, they are an under appreciated source of mortality for songbirds, especially chipmunks.
If would like stickers from WindowAlert which you can put on your sliding glass door to make it more visible to birds let me know. They reflect UV light and I have put them up at Brookhaven Town Hall to good success. I have a packet which contains four stickers I'd be happy to send to you. Happy Holidays. John ----- Original Message ----- From: Rick & Linda Date: Friday, December 9, 2016 12:05 pm Subject: [nysbirds-l] [NFBirds Report 2905] I Have Never Seen This Before !! To: NYS BIRDS > I always thought G Squirrels were vegetarians. Here are pictures > of a squirrel on my deck eating a DE Junco. I could not believe > my eyes but there it is. > > I was working on my laptop this morning and heard a thump on the > sliding glass door. Evidently it was a DE Junco that hit the > glass. I finished what I was doing and went to see if the bird > needed to be put in a box and kept warm until it recovered. > When I got to the door I saw the squirrel already had the birds > head off and was eating the rest. > > I have never seen this before, has anyone else? > > I frequently throw out leftover wet cat food, fat and other > table scraps that the Bluejays and Blackbirds enjoy but the > squirrels always turn their noses up at that food. > > She ate the whole bird and I spotted her later with only > feathers stuck to her head and leg. > > This is a first for me and I don’t know if I like the idea of a > carnivorous squirrel. > > > > IMG_9673 > > > > IMG_9672 > > > > IMG_9671 > > > > IMG_9670 > > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the > Google Groups "North Fork Birds" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from > it, send an email to north-fork- > [email protected] > [email protected]>.For > more options, visit > https://groups.google.com/d/optout . > > -- > > NYSbirds-L List Info: > http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME > http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES > http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm > > ARCHIVES: > 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/maillist.html > 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L > 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/NYSB.html > > Please submit your observations to eBird: > http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ > > -- -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/NYSB.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
