Hanging in there
February 28th, 2011
All winter this Hermit Thrush has spent at my local feeders--and survived, well north of his usual wintering grounds. This despite the fact that, according to several reports and my own observations, he has a bum foot. He lives on dried fruit that people scatter on the ground for him, bits of fallen suet from the woodpecker feeders, and the occasional sunflower seed.
Here's hoping that he successfully convalesces and returns to the wild. I remember seeing the 2007/08 Hurdman Hermit Thrush in the spring thaw, still lingering in the area, but no longer dependent on humans--he was back where he belonged, hopping around in wet woods picking newly emerged insects out of the underbrush. I wish the same for this fellow!
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February 28th, 2011
All winter this Hermit Thrush has spent at my local feeders--and survived, well north of his usual wintering grounds. This despite the fact that, according to several reports and my own observations, he has a bum foot. He lives on dried fruit that people scatter on the ground for him, bits of fallen suet from the woodpecker feeders, and the occasional sunflower seed.
Here's hoping that he successfully convalesces and returns to the wild. I remember seeing the 2007/08 Hurdman Hermit Thrush in the spring thaw, still lingering in the area, but no longer dependent on humans--he was back where he belonged, hopping around in wet woods picking newly emerged insects out of the underbrush. I wish the same for this fellow!
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Mustang Sallie
March 1st, 2011 at 12:59 pm
I wish him well also......Lets just hope he doesn't meet up with that hawk!