well...........
for the birds.
I recently read that chickadees like cooked egg yolks.
So this morning after completing a couple of hours of garden work, I thought I would treat my bird quests to a home-cooked meal.
I cooked an egg in the microwave, removed only the yolk and diced it into small beak-sized bites.
Doesn't it look delish?I put it out right in front of the bird house on a piece of waxed paper. I had my camera solidly perched on the arm of the glider in 10X zoom mode sure that within moments Mrs. C would discover the mouth-watering morsels . I waited and waited and waited.......Mr. & Mrs. Chickadee flew in and out numerous times and ignored my offering.
I moved a couple pieces closer to their home
directly on their home, in fact.
They still ignored the egg yolk.
After a few hours I threw the yolk away, vowing not to believe everything I read.
Mr. & Mrs. are doing a fine job feeding their babies without my help anyway.
I truly had never heard that birds like to eat egg yolks! I thought they ate mostly worms and bugs...
ReplyDeleteSue,
ReplyDeleteI think you're right.
LOL
It was the thought that counts. : )
ReplyDeleteGreat close-ups!!
Try it in late winter, when they are just getting the 'spring's here' call. I'll bet they will gobble it up and ask for more!
ReplyDeleteLike Sue, I had never heard of feeding birds egg yolks...but hey it was worth a try! lol You always get such great close up shots, beautiful!!
ReplyDeleteBreadcrumbs always welcome by my birds...even overdone toast!
ReplyDeleteI read an a snippet about it in Birds and Blooms once. Too bad they didn't 'bite'. You're a good mom to the birds :) Great photos!!!
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