My Juncos have been attempting to eat from my mesh bag thistle feeder for a week now. I thought it looked strange. Otherwise they eat sunflower seeds from my feeder or below on the ground. Chris Mitchell Kansas City, MO Platte County -----Forwarded Message----- >From: Tommie Rogers <[log in to unmask]> >Sent: Dec 15, 2007 4:17 PM >To: [log in to unmask] >Subject: Surviving Snow and Ice > >This weather has caused a Dark-eyed Junco to perch on a tube feeder here and >eat thistle. This is a behavior I have never seen by a Junco. Most of the >Juncos are feeding on the ground under my car. The grass is still exposed >under the car because I haven't moved it during the past week so it has >provided a good shelter for the bird seed. >In the snow storm this morning there was a flock of Lapland Longspurs >feeding along the roadside. >Tommie Rogers >Rock Port, MO >Atchison county __________________________________________________ ########################################################### * Audubon Society of Missouri's * * Wild Bird Discussion Forum * *---------------------------------------------------------* * To subscribe or unsubscribe, click here: * * https://po.missouri.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mobirds-l&A=1 * *---------------------------------------------------------* * To access the list archives, click here: * * http://po.missouri.edu/archives/mobirds-l.html * * * * To access the Audubon Society of Missouri Web * * Site: http://mobirds.org * ###########################################################