[obol] Orange-crowned Warblers

[Dennis P. Vroman]

Observed one a couple of day ago foraging on (in) White Leaf Manzanita 
flowers.

Dennis (north of Grants Pass)

> Sandy,
>
> Orange-crowns probe flowers a lot, apparently they get nectar.
>
> Larry
>
>
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>
> Hi all,
>
> This morning I when I opened the blinds I was greeted by two 
> Orange-crowned
> Warblers in the garden at eye level.  They are still here this evening and
> seem to have joined the local flock of Chickadees and Bushtits.  They are
> very interested in feeding at the Red-flowering Currant, which is full
> bloom.  I can't really tell what they are after, it looks like the 
> flowers.
> They have also been foraging in the boxwood topiary, I know there are lots
> of little winged bugs in there.  They have also discovered the fuchsias in
> my unheated greenhouse and took shelter in there during a rain squall.
>
> This is yet another reason to never, never use insecticides on anything!
> One trick I learned by experimentation this year is that shelled sunflower
> seeds work great if you have weevil, slugs, or cutworms in the garden.  I
> sprinkled the seeds around the affected plants this winter, the birds seem
> to have taken the bugs and the seeds because bug damage has been greatly
> reduced.
>
> Guess you just have to be careful where you by the seed, no big box 
> stores.
> Buy local.
>
> Sandy Leaptrott
> NE Portland
>
> PS:  Did I mention the Curtailed Flycatcher/Bow-wow Jay nests in Dogwood
> Trees.  It constructs the nest from bark.  No, really :)  Thanks for 
> letting
> me get that out of my system until the next time.