Is it unusal for...

[FUDGEY]

Coal tits to eat nyger seed and Robins to eat wild bird seed? I have noticed these birdseating this at my hide, I always thought Robins would be more insect feeders and Coal Tits to eat nuts and hearts? Its probably normal, but Ive never picked up on it. Hope some one can shed some light on it

[tigertom]

often have robins eating sunflower hearts that have spilled from feeders and have seen a young blue tit eating nyjer though was funny watching it holding it down with it foot to eat it like it would a sunflower seed it ate a few befor it found the sunflower feeder
MIKE

[bobbarber]

Originally Posted by tigertom

have seen a young blue tit eating nyjer though was funny watching it holding it down with it foot to eat it like it would a sunflower seed it ate a few befor it found the sunflower feeder
MIKE

I have a window mounted nyjer feeder with perching ring at the bottom and in my case its the Great Tits that do this. They select an individual seed and move onto the perching ring which is only about an eighth of an inch wide and place it under their feet and peck away. The dexterity involved is quite incredible, and I can observe them doing it from a distance of a couple of feet. They do this every day...Bob

[FUDGEY]

Yeah the Coal Tit does this too, Im not sure if they actually eat them though.

[~T~]

So far since I put a new nyjer feeder up it's only been coal tits that have shown any interest in it and even then its really just them checking to see if there's anything new in it.

[htcdude]

I've not had much on the feeders recently, but usually the tits will feed on the fatballs, and the Robin will feed on fatballs and wild seed mix, but he usually prefers the fatballs.

Nige