I've seen a Yellow-rumped Warbler eating suet in the middle of winter once, so what you saw doesn't surprise me. Mind you, it was -40° when I saw my suet-eating warbler, so it would have been overjoyed to find any High-Energy source of food.
Wesley ________________________________ From: [email protected] <[email protected]> on behalf of Marie P. Read <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, April 18, 2025 18:31 To: CAYUGABIRDS-L <[email protected]> Subject: [cayugabirds-l] Yellow-rumped Warbler eating suet! A Yellow-rumped Warbler in my yard just now, eating a few scraps of suet from the suet feeder before moving on. First I've ever seen that happen. Anyone else? Marie Marie Read Wildlife Photography 452 Ringwood Road Freeville NY 13068 USA Website: http://www.marieread.com -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: Welcome and Basics<http://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME.htm> Rules and Information<http://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES.htm> Subscribe, Configuration and Leave<http://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm> Archives: The Mail Archive<http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/maillist.html> Surfbirds<http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds> ABA<https://www.aba.org/birding-news/> Please submit your observations to eBird<http://ebird.org/content/ebird/>! -- -- (copy & paste any URL below, then modify any text "_DOT_" to a period ".") Cayugabirds-L List Info: NortheastBirding_DOT_com/CayugabirdsWELCOME_DOT_htm NortheastBirding_DOT_com/CayugabirdsRULES_DOT_htm NortheastBirding_DOT_com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave_DOT_htm ARCHIVES: 1) mail-archive_DOT_com/cayugabirds-l@cornell_DOT_edu/maillist_DOT_html 2) surfbirds_DOT_com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds 3) aba_DOT_org/birding-news/ Please submit your observations to eBird: ebird_DOT_org/content/ebird/ --
