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Re: New Year, New Bird's Nest (January 2019)

‎01-12-2019 04:54 PM

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Re: New Year, New Bird's Nest (January 2019)

‎01-12-2019 07:10 PM

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Re: New Year, New Bird's Nest (January 2019)

‎01-12-2019 07:53 PM

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Re: New Year, New Bird's Nest (January 2019)

‎01-13-2019 02:15 AM

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Re: New Year, New Bird's Nest (January 2019)

‎01-13-2019 02:32 AM

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Re: New Year, New Bird's Nest (January 2019)

‎01-13-2019 02:48 AM

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Hi Birdiing Friends,   So far we have 12 inches and a bit over that with possibly more tonight and into Sunday.   I had to fill the feeders 3 times.  The birds had no way to reach the ground where there might be grass, weed seeds etc.  They sure ate like they were starving.  This probably sounds silly but I wonder how many peanuts or sunflower seeds a bird's 'tummy' or craw can hold.  I see the Blue Jays come time after time for the peanuts in the shell or they'll sit on the fly through feeder and eat shelled peanuts one after the other.   Just one of my random thoughts.  

 

Stay warm and safe and have a nice Sunday..Heart

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Re: New Year, New Bird's Nest (January 2019)

‎01-13-2019 02:51 AM

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Re: New Year, New Bird's Nest (January 2019)

‎01-13-2019 03:03 AM

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Re: New Year, New Bird's Nest (January 2019)

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‎01-13-2019 07:10 AM - edited ‎01-13-2019 12:41 PM

Do any of you use cylinder feeders?  I added a cylinder feeder to my feeding station about a month ago.  I love it.  I use the woodpecker blend, and in addition to the nuthatches, chickadees, tufted titmice, Carolina wrens and others at the cylinder seed, I also have downy woodpeckers and bluebirds.  I wasn't expecting the bluebirds and love seeing them.  I saw another kind of woodpecker the other day that I hadn't seen before.  I think it was a hairy woodpecker.

 

The problem is that with the feeder that I have, when the seed gets low the clump falls to the ground.  I've never had a dog interested in the bird seed around the feeders until the clump fell a week ago.  My dog found it and started eating it.  I picked it up and put it outside the fence, but she's still interested in the other seed now.  I've been watching her and not letting her eat it.

 

I'm thinking about replacing that feeder with one with a tray under it.  The one I have has a perch that goes around it, and the one with the tray doesn't.  Do any of you use the one with the tray?  I'll post a picture of the one I have now and the one I'm considering.  Any thoughts on this?

 

Feeder I have now:

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Feeder I'm considering:

 

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Re: New Year, New Bird's Nest (January 2019)

‎01-13-2019 11:05 AM

@NickNack  I ground feed so I am no help.  One with a tray at the bottom might be a good idea.

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