Date: 1/9/25 8:28 am From: Tanford, J. Alexander <tanford...> Subject: [IN-BIRD-L] Starlings eating snow
The day after the heavy snow, I saw several starlings outside my 2nd floor window eating snow that had accumulated in the crooks of tree branches. They did not seem to be hunting insects, because they would dip into the snow and then tilt their heads back and swallow. Each bird did this about 10 times and then flew back to the feeders.
Is this common? Unusual" I had not seen it before.
Alex
James Alexander Tanford
Prof. Emeritus, Indiana University Maurer School of Law
2303 E. Woodstock Pl, Bloomington IN 47401
Note that my email address has changed to <tanford...>
