Fall Bird Feeders

[so lucky]

@Nyboy, you have only seen one Carolina Wren, or one bluebird? @jackb, have you ever fed mealworms for the bluebirds and wrens? That might be something your grand daughter would enjoy raising with you. Once you get past the initial ick factor, they are kind of fun for a kid.

 

[jackb]

@Nyboy, you have only seen one Carolina Wren, or one bluebird? @jackb, have you ever fed mealworms for the bluebirds and wrens? That might be something your grand daughter would enjoy raising with you. Once you get past the initial ick factor, they are kind of fun for a kid.

No thanks, we will pass on the worms, we buy bluebird pellets at Agway. They are made of peanut butter and suet formed into small bite sized balls. I have a short log that I cut a depression into to hold the pellets. Our first pair showed up in the spring of 2015 so we began to put feed out to encourage them. Having them stick around in the winter is amazing! We don't see them often but it is always a treat.

 

[Nyboy]

Lucky Blue bird I also have only seen a owl once in wild.

 

[jackb]

Lucky Blue bird I also have only seen a owl once in wild.

Here is a sharp shinned hawk that drops in occasionally for dinner. It could have better table manners as it leaves sort of a mess.

 

[thistlebloom]

I had one of those pick off two chicks that kept squeezing out of the chicken pen and running around the yard. They were both roosters so he saved me some trouble.

 

[aftermidnight]

We feed the birds all year long, now that we have Anna's hummingbirds here that means bringing the feeders in at night when the temps drop to freezing, putting them back out in the morning, we have suet feeders up and we scatter a bit of shelled sunflower seed around for the ground feeders. Anytime I look out the window and can't see any birds that means a hawk is near by. We have one lone robin eating the berries off the Pink Pagoda mountain ash in our little courtyard.
Annette

 

[Nyboy]

Here red tail hawk are a dime a dozen.

 

[majorcatfish]

the ladys of the house started filled the feeders a couple weeks ago

 

[Nyboy]

I should start to fill mine. Last year put one up in window near my desk really enjoyed watching them

 

[thistlebloom]

We feed year round too. Just BOSS and suet. But we get a great variety of birds, as well as our permanent residents.