Pecking titmouse?
Jerry Avins
berries) tree outside my window. It looked much like the tufted titmice
in the back, but no tuft showing. The little guy was serious, hacking
away in several places. I eventually went for the camera, but it was
gone when I got back.
Jerry
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Angela Coffey
Maybe he had some sunflower seeds and he was pecking them open? I know that
my tufted tits grab seed from the feeder, then fly up into the trees,
position the sunflower seed between their feet and peck the nut out of the
shell.
Angie in the Boonies of East Texas
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Howard Lester
"Angela Coffey" wrote
> I know that my tufted tits grab seed from the feeder, then fly up into the
> trees,
> Angie in the Boonies of East Texas
Be thankful you live in the boonies....
Jerry Avins
> Hi Jerry,
>
> Maybe he had some sunflower seeds and he was pecking them open? I know that
> my tufted tits grab seed from the feeder, then fly up into the trees,
> position the sunflower seed between their feet and peck the nut out of the
> shell.
>
> Angie in the Boonies of East Texas
>
> "Jerry Avins" <j...@ieee.org> wrote in message
> news:DZGdnX3qYIKPQSHY...@rcn.net...
>> Yesterday I saw a bird behaving like a woodpecker in the juniper (? no
>> berries) tree outside my window. It looked much like the tufted titmice in
>> the back, but no tuft showing. The little guy was serious, hacking away in
>> several places. I eventually went for the camera, but it was gone when I
>> got back.
It seems unlikely. I would probably have noticed something in the beak
if it were there. I had a long time to look through the window from
about 8' away. The sunflower seed feeder is at the back of the house,
with several trees nearby, and the juniper is at the front with no
feeder near it.
Now there's a couple of inches of snow on the ground and Poochina loves
it. Ground feeders don't love her, but the feeder is well used.
Leon Fisk
<j...@ieee.org> wrote:
>Angela Coffey wrote:
>> Hi Jerry,
>>
>> Maybe he had some sunflower seeds and he was pecking them open? I know that
>> my tufted tits grab seed from the feeder, then fly up into the trees,
>> position the sunflower seed between their feet and peck the nut out of the
>> shell.
>>
>> Angie in the Boonies of East Texas
>>
>> "Jerry Avins" <j...@ieee.org> wrote in message
>> news:DZGdnX3qYIKPQSHY...@rcn.net...
>>> Yesterday I saw a bird behaving like a woodpecker in the juniper (? no
>>> berries) tree outside my window. It looked much like the tufted titmice in
>>> the back, but no tuft showing. The little guy was serious, hacking away in
>>> several places. I eventually went for the camera, but it was gone when I
>>> got back.
>
>It seems unlikely. I would probably have noticed something in the beak
>if it were there. I had a long time to look through the window from
>about 8' away. The sunflower seed feeder is at the back of the house,
>with several trees nearby, and the juniper is at the front with no
>feeder near it.
>
>Now there's a couple of inches of snow on the ground and Poochina loves
>it. Ground feeders don't love her, but the feeder is well used.
Hi Jerry,
White-breasted Nuthatch maybe? They act like miniature
woodpeckers and can even one-up them by turning upside down
to forage. It seems to me that there is another Nuthatch
that is found in your part of the country too. Could be
wrong on that latter and too lazy to look it up just now.
All and all probably too obvious an answer though...
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Jerry Avins
Not obvious at all to me, evidently. Both white- and red-breasted
nuthatches are native here in NJ. Untufted titmouse indeed! Egg on my
face! Thanks loads.