Sunday, June 17, 2007

Chickadee and Goldfinch Visit Hummingbird Feeder

We saw yesterday that others (such as the squirrel) enjoy drinking the sugar water from the hummingbird feeder. While I have seen other small birds come to the hummingbird feeder, they normally just drink from the pan of plain water that keeps the ants out - as in these first two photos of an American Goldfinch and the third photo of a Carolina Chickadee.
While I have read about other birds drinking the hummingbird's sugar water, I had never observed it. Until last evening. As the sun was setting, a number of different birds showed in the Habitat - including the chickadee seen in the fourth photo. The chickadee, like the hummingbird, must have a long tongue to actually reach the nectar in the feeder.Oh, of course, last evening three different hummingbirds visited the feeders (see the last three photos, actually the last two were taken the next afternoon).

2 comments:

  1. Anonymous11:23 AM

    ON SATURDAY I SAW A GOLDFINCH DRINKING THE SUGAR WATER. I WAS JUST SURPRISED, AS I RARELY SEE GOLDFINCH AT ALL.

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  2. Anonymous9:23 AM

    Our male goldfinch is addicted to sugar water and drinks a few times a day. Hummingird continues to feed at same feeder also. State College, PA

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