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Joined: Wed December 19, 2012 9:53 pm Posts: 22529 Location: Chapel Hill, NC, USA
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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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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Joined: Wed December 19, 2012 9:53 pm Posts: 22529 Location: Chapel Hill, NC, USA
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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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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E.H. Ruddock wrote:
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.
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.
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
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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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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