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Brown Thrasher at feeder
- To: "'carolinabirds@duke.edu'" <carolinabirds@duke.edu>
- Subject: Brown Thrasher at feeder
- From: "Harrold, Eric S" <esharrol@email.uncc.edu>
- Date: Mon, 9 Dec 2002 12:43:01 -0500
- Delivered-to: pardo@metalab.unc.edu
- Sender: carolinabirds-owner@acpub.duke.edu
Guys & Gals,
This morning, I observed a Brown Thrasher visiting the feeding station at
the Charlotte Nature Museum. I suppose the Thrasher's consumption of corn
and millet is just an indication of how challenged many winter birds are by
the weather in recent days. I am aware that Carolina Wrens have been
observed at feeders on occasion, but I have never heard of such behavior by
a BT. The bird came in and picked up a whole grain of corn, flew a short
distance away and proceeded to hammer the corn grain into fragments. I knew
that BTs eat fleshy fruits such as holly berries, but didn't think that they
would have much of a taste for corn.
Eric Harrold
Charlotte, NC