March 5th, 2014. We
installed a couple of log feeders in mid-December, 2013. Our inspiration came
from a log feeder at the Ontario FeederWatch Cam sponsored by the Cornell
Lab of Ornithology that was visited regularly by a Pileated Woodpecker
(Dryocopus pileatus).
Within a day or so of
installation, Downy Woodpeckers (Picoides
pubescens) began to feed at these logs and, within a few days, other birds
began to investigate the logs.
I was delighted when I
spotted a Hermit Thrush (Catharus guttatus) on a limb near the log feeders. I
didn’t expect to see a thrush at the feeders.
Luckily it chose this limb
as its usual perch, and landed on…
a couple of other ‘open’
limbs after grabbing food from the logs.
The thrush wasn’t
particularly adept at landing on the log to feed and would grab a mouthful of
food ‘to go.’
On very rare occasions, it
would gain purchase on the feeder but still have to flap its wings to stay in
place.
Occasionally
it would forage for the seed mixture that had fallen on the
ground.
The Hermit Thrust would
visit the log feeders intermittently from early morning to late afternoon.
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