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PostPosted: Mon July 20, 2020 1:35 pm 
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What kind of premium bird seed are you feeding them? A $20 bag of black oil sunflower seeds and some thistle usually lasts me 2-3 months.


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tragabigzanda wrote:
When we moved into our new place, one of the first things I did was hey a couple of bird feeders: an old school wooden bird house for finches and things like that, and a hummingbird feeder. The bird house takes both bird seed, plus there are racks on either side of the unit to house these suet-fruit-nut bricks that attract different types of birds; then you use nectar for the hummingbirds.

I figured I’d be looking at like $15/mo in bird food, but I was WAY off. Fuckers are voracious, so I’m looking at like $20/week!

I wonder if birds will eat Cheerios?


My birds ate food at a voracious pace, so I bought cheap, shitty stuff, now they don't eat it at all. :(

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Quite the 1-2 punch there, guys


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Do you have squirrels eating it too and you aren't seeing them? We use birdseed with hot pepper seeds in. The birds like it but there squirrels don't. We usually have to refill the feeder every two weeks.

Also, when I joined this board 14 years ago, I never thought I'd be sharing bird seed practices

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 Post subject: Re: The Home Improvement Thread
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Hmm, this might be good advice. I’ll look into it at the bird store.


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tragabigzanda wrote:
Hmm, this might be good advice. I’ll look into it at the bird store.


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Not a single seed has been eaten from our feeder. We put it out like 5 months ago.

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E.H. Ruddock wrote:
Do you have squirrels eating it too and you aren't seeing them? We use birdseed with hot pepper seeds in. The birds like it but there squirrels don't. We usually have to refill the feeder every two weeks.

Also, when I joined this board 14 years ago, I never thought I'd be sharing bird seed practices


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Is that really for birds?


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Yeah. Birds pay it no mind, and squirrels stay the fuck away.

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Thanks team.


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We use something like this

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E.H. Ruddock wrote:
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We use something like this


Yeah, that's the stuff that I couldn't afford to keep in stock.

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Ours has been claimed by some local cardinals. They chase away the smaller birds, so it doesn't go fast because they are the only ones eating it now. Even though there is a bluebird nest like 10 feet from it. I might start scaring the cardinals away.

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Ours has been claimed by some local cardinals. They chase away the smaller birds, so it doesn't go fast because they are the only ones eating it now. Even though there is a bluebird nest like 10 feet from it. I might start scaring the cardinals away.

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I love my cardinals. Without them we would only have chickadees and house finches.


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Im not sure what has happened, but twice now, chaos has been the scene of our hummingbird feeder.

When we came back from our first Covid trip, the bird feeder was empty and laying on top of the grill right side up. The second time we came home from a Rona Trip, the hummingbird feeder was completely empty and the deck is covered in sticky sugar water.

I know those things are vicious and super territorial but i can only assume some sort of hummingbird orgy or massacre when we leave.


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E.H. Ruddock wrote:
Do you have squirrels eating it too and you aren't seeing them? We use birdseed with hot pepper seeds in. The birds like it but there squirrels don't. We usually have to refill the feeder every two weeks.

Also, when I joined this board 14 years ago, I never thought I'd be sharing bird seed practices

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Im not sure what has happened, but twice now, chaos has been the scene of our hummingbird feeder.

When we came back from our first Covid trip, the bird feeder was empty and laying on top of the grill right side up. The second time we came home from a Rona Trip, the hummingbird feeder was completely empty and the deck is covered in sticky sugar water.

I know those things are vicious and super territorial but i can only assume some sort of hummingbird orgy or massacre when we leave.


Sounds like a bear took it down

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CopperTom wrote:
Strat wrote:
Im not sure what has happened, but twice now, chaos has been the scene of our hummingbird feeder.

When we came back from our first Covid trip, the bird feeder was empty and laying on top of the grill right side up. The second time we came home from a Rona Trip, the hummingbird feeder was completely empty and the deck is covered in sticky sugar water.

I know those things are vicious and super territorial but i can only assume some sort of hummingbird orgy or massacre when we leave.


Sounds like a bear took it down

While we definitely have bears, i would be shocked if a bear made it into our fenced back yard


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