Warblers At Feeders? (1 Viewer)

[emc]

Do warblers ever feed at bird feeders? I have a bird feeder and during spring warblers pass through the yard but they never come to it.

 

[etudiant]

They do sometimes.
A few days ago a bright Pine Warbler was scarfing down from a small feeder hung on a fence near the Pinetum here in NYC Central Park.
I'd never seen that before and thought warblers could not eat seeds.

 

[etudiant]

Just as a follow up, here in NYC Central Park another bright Pine Warbler was sharing a thistle seed feeder with a brightening American Goldfinch.
It definitely provoked a double take, the Gold Finches are very expected, the Pine Warbler not so much.

 

[KC Foggin]

Rarely do my warblers feed from my feeders but when they do it is always the sunflower heart feeders they are at.

 

[Nutcracker]

Most just eat insects, so won't come to feeders. But a few do eat small seeds, etc., and will come to feeders - in your area, I'd guess Myrtle Warbler (Yellow-rumped Warbler) and Pine Warbler are the most likely to do so.

 

[AidenD]

Many more will come to suet feeders, such as Cape May and Orange-Crowned warblers.