Bird feeder
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12/27/19 07:11 PM
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I have had some feeders out since I first set up the camper before we got the boat up here. The thing is that we always had a generator running during day time hours. Now we have been on quiet electrickery for a month or so and the wildlife is coming in more every day. Now that things are quiet, I have deer walking right past the boat ( Hence forth to be known as cabin ) Boat just sounds weird when one is on a 1400 foot hill not due to marginal navigation skills. We see one or two new species of birds every day and the numbers of those species are going up as well. We now have two pairs of Cardinals , two pairs of red bellied woodpeckers and so on around the place . A dozen or so tufted titmouse ..... sparrows till the cows come home and two pairs of blue jays. Junkos and wrens. I am waiting for the day that I do not see a bird species that we have not seen here before but so far ....Mother nature just keeps coming up with new ones that pay us a visit. No matter how much they eat, I can keep up with it. I have around 150 pounds of bird food that I mixed myself and about 30 pounds of DIY suet blocks that fit into those little cages. The kitchen has had a remodel and is now a bird watching station with a breakfast bar along 3 windows facing the feeders. Hey Jonathan .... what ya think of it so far ??
ATB
Michael
Last edited by Scuba1; 12/27/19 07:14 PM.
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Re: Bird feeder
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12/27/19 07:43 PM
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your probably going to want a bear tag. used to hunt them when i was a kid when the grass first got green again. they like that first spring meal to be fresh green grass. they find that bird feeder they will hang around. where i was in the fall you found them often in the oak brush eating acorns. they eat amazing amounts of feed in the fall. trash cans can be an attraction too. make a bigger mess of your trash than a dog will. anyway its just something to keep in the back of your mind. you dont want one coming in the house.
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Re: Bird feeder
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12/27/19 08:26 PM
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Re: Bird feeder
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12/27/19 08:38 PM
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My birds like oil seed sunflowers as much as anything. The gold finch went for whole sunflower seeds over thistle seed by far. The squirrels like them too.
Last edited by MJM; 12/28/19 02:19 PM.
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Re: Bird feeder
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12/27/19 09:14 PM
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I bought big bags of black oil sunflower seed, crushed corn dried meal worms, sunflower, peanuts. and thistle seed. Then mixed batches of suet blocks and filled the feeders. The corn I just scattered around a little farther away for the turkeys. From what I have heard so far from people, bears are pretty thin on the ground around here. I guess we will see.
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Re: Bird feeder
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12/27/19 09:27 PM
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Sparrows are tough to tell apart. Well the Jack Sparrow is easy because of the funny hat and the eye patch. But theaters are not easy to tell apart. Getting there though. On the upside, these birds are way easier to feed than the ones I used to have on the boat. ....... before it was a cabin
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Re: Bird feeder
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12/27/19 09:33 PM
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we don't have spring bear season but depending on where you are people mark first bear sighting in the spring and then always put the feeders away the week before first bear sighting the previous year.
soon you will fill your deer tags from the porch
just eat the squirrels their tasty
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Re: Bird feeder
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12/27/19 09:41 PM
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If I leave the sliding door open, I could hunt deer and watch TV at the same time. But it would freak the cats out if I did take a shot lol
Let's go Brandon
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Re: Bird feeder
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12/27/19 10:27 PM
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I have fed the bird for years, in the last 4 years we are getting fewer and fewer birds, I bet out numbers are down by 85% or more. Same place, same food. I will keep a watch on this thread.
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Re: Bird feeder
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12/28/19 02:13 PM
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As far as bird count goes, I have nothing to compare it with as the birds I used to feed ( 3 of them ) just ate fish and turned up at the fridge like clockwork. It does seem quite lively out there though now that the word is getting around that there is free food to be had.
Let's go Brandon
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Re: Bird feeder
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12/28/19 03:03 PM
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I have had some feeders out since I first set up the camper before we got the boat up here. The thing is that we always had a generator running during day time hours. Now we have been on quiet electrickery for a month or so and the wildlife is coming in more every day. Now that things are quiet, I have deer walking right past the boat ( Hence forth to be known as cabin ) Boat just sounds weird when one is on a 1400 foot hill not due to marginal navigation skills. We see one or two new species of birds every day and the numbers of those species are going up as well. We now have two pairs of Cardinals , two pairs of red bellied woodpeckers and so on around the place . A dozen or so tufted titmouse ..... sparrows till the cows come home and two pairs of blue jays. Junkos and wrens. I am waiting for the day that I do not see a bird species that we have not seen here before but so far ....Mother nature just keeps coming up with new ones that pay us a visit. No matter how much they eat, I can keep up with it. I have around 150 pounds of bird food that I mixed myself and about 30 pounds of DIY suet blocks that fit into those little cages. The kitchen has had a remodel and is now a bird watching station with a breakfast bar along 3 windows facing the feeders. Hey Jonathan .... what ya think of it so far ??
ATB
Michael Jonathan would be proud ! You are on to a great start. I feed just chopped suet from my local butcher, nothing else added. In three cages on pulleys , around 17 feet up the trees, to keep the occasional bear from accessing them. Flying squirrels like it too . A light available at night will show them gliding from tree to tree. I feed sunflower seed and millet. There are birdies who prefer the millet , such as Song Sparrows , Juncos, etc. If you want to target only the wee ones, a couple globe feeders ( no perches, just holes to grasp along the side and reach in) are the way to go. I have two of those , along with two large platform feeders with easy removable trays. The millet I just sprinkle on the ground. The ones who like it are generally ground feeders anyway. A birdbath will have you enjoy all the ones who are not seed eaters. You will see them all, that way. I also encourage indigenous shrubs that wield berries all over the property, or plant them purposely , if needed. Grouse and turkeys, and everyone else loves them all summer and winter. You are in for lots of enjoyable life experiences from the flyers, Michael.
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Re: Bird feeder
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12/28/19 04:14 PM
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"I think 330 trapper has some nice feeder pics of how to make a feeder for Pileated woodpeckers" These hold 3 full suet cakes And this one holds Two full cakes No melt suet is costly to make with all the berries and raisins...but the Birds love it !!!
Last edited by 330-Trapper; 12/28/19 04:16 PM.
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