<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class="">I think I mentioned earlier that both warbler species have been feeding on my window ledge daily, something I had never seen before. I said seeds, but now I suppose they were sunflower chips, which of course are also seeds but without the coat.<div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Dennis Paulson<br class=""><div><br class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class="">On Jan 24, 2024, at 12:24 PM, Michael Hobbs <<a href="mailto:birdmarymoor@gmail.com" class="">birdmarymoor@gmail.com</a>> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div class=""><div dir="auto" class="">Since the cold snap, we've had a Townsend's and two Yellow-rumped Warblers feeding on the ground under the feeders in West Seattle. The appear to be eating the smallest bits of the sunflower chips that fall there. Their ability to scrounge non-insect meals is probably how they can overwinter when the other woodwarblers have to fly south.<div dir="auto" class=""><br class=""></div><div dir="auto" class="">- Michael Hobbs </div></div><br class=""><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Wed, Jan 24, 2024, 10:36 AM Emily Birchman <<a href="mailto:stollea@gmail.com" class="">stollea@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br class=""></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">Hi all,<div dir="auto" class="">I just had the pleasure of observing no less than 3 Townsend’s warblers in my backyard! All of them were foraging on the ground, which seemed surprising to me. Is this a common behavior for them? We usually get one per year in our backyard and I have seen this species enough times and had a very clear view so I’m confident in the ID. I just didn’t expect to see them there!</div><div dir="auto" class=""><br class=""></div><div dir="auto" class="">Good birding,</div><div dir="auto" class="">Emily Birchman</div><div dir="auto" class="">Kenmore, WA - Finn Hill</div>
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