At first light this morning the Ovenbird was foraging with juncos under my feeders. Looks like the predicted low around 5 wasn't reached; it "only" got into the low teens.
I got a really interesting message from Scott Severs- he said that as he was growing up he watched birds up close from a ground-level window at his house, making a viewing blind with dark paper and small viewing slits. Among the birds he watched were Ovenbirds that would pick up white millet. Turns out I use a lot of white millet at my feeders (juncos and native sparrows like it and the Eurodoves don't go through it too fast.) Doesn't seem as good for a warbler as aphids but gotta make due, I suppose. David Leatherman mentioned to me that he recalled an Ovenbird wintering years ago in the Denver area, perhaps at Patty Echelmeyer's (sp.?) yard. Anyway, I'll try to keep plenty of millet and mealworms or roasted waxworms around while the Ovenbird hangs out. Enjoy- Bill p.s. Why do I have dried waxworms on hand, you ask? For Do-it To-it Suet! http://blog.aba.org/2011/12/do-it-to-it-suet.html -- /\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\ | Bill Schmoker | | bill.schmo...@gmail.com | | http://schmoker.org | | http://brdpics.blogspot.com | \/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/ -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Colorado Birds" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to cobirds+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to cobirds@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/cobirds/CAL-wM9aOfm9bewoDoP2nwT7J79_AxGS%2BH2vVqtaHXcHzxVABrw%40mail.gmail.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
