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trough to feed. February 19th and 20th, several tree sparrows 

 and white-throated sparrows came to feed on the ground with the 

 juncos, but did not feed regularly. 



March 2nd, several myrtle warblers, which were around the 

 place, came to feed at the window trough. They ate suet and 

 continued to feed for several weeks. 



Some birds approach the trough differently than others. The 

 nuthatch first views the trough from a tree, and then with his 

 nasal "hank, hank," flies to the trough. The downy wood- 

 pecker comes quietly down a tree, and flies to the trough. Blue 

 jays can be heard a long time before they come to the trough. 

 They usually can be heard approaching by their noisy "jay, 

 jay." The chickadees can be heard coming by their usual "chick- 

 adee-dee-dee." The brown creeper comes so quietly that his 

 short visits are sometimes not noticed until he flies away. The 

 hermit thrush came to the trough quietly. It would sit on 

 some small twig, bobbing its tail up and down while looking 

 at the trough. After giving its tail sufficient exercise, it would 

 fly to the trough. The juncos would come to feed quite quietly, 

 sometimes uttering their twittering notes. The myrtle warblers 

 would also come to feed in a quiet manner. Different birds 

 also feed differently, and prefer certain foods. All the birds 

 that fed, except the juncos and the tree and white-throated 

 sparrows, ate suet. The following diagram shows the kind of 

 foods different birds ate, and the kind each preferred: 



Birds. Food Eaten. Food Preferred 



Brown creeper. suet suet. 



Blue jay. nuts, sunflower seeds, nuts, seeds and suet. 



bread, suet. 

 Chickadee. nuts, sunflower seeds, nuts andsunflower seeds. 



hemp seeds, crumbs, suet. 

 Downy woodpecker. suet. suet. 



Hermit thrush. suet, crumbs. suet. 



Juncos. crumbs, sunflower seeds, crumbs. 



Myrtle warbler. 

 White-breasted 



nuthatch. 

 Tree sparrow. 

 White-throated 



sparrows. 



Chickadees and blue jays eat sun-flower seeds in a similar way. 

 They fly to the trough, pick up a seed, and then fly to some 



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