Date: 11/9/24 8:16 am From: lcarrigan_55 via groups.io <carriganbw...> Subject: [IBLE] A Hold on Platform Feeder
I've put a hold on filling my platform feeder. There's a Sharp-shinned Hawk, & occasionally 2, that has taken up residence at my feeder. As evidenced by feather piles, the hawk has been taking a junco about every 3-4 days & perches nearby for hours at a time. The only birds that will brave the platform feeder are BC Chickadees, while the Sharpie is around. The hawk is only doing what it's designed to, but I don't have to regularly supply its meals. The Sharpie needs to expand its territory. And, have my feeder simply become a stop along its wanderings, not its primary meal source. I'll restart feeding in a couple of weeks.
Along the river, I was pleasantly surprised to see a Bald Eagle flyby with nesting material in its talons. I know their last nest blew down in an early Fall windstorm.
