We have six feeders. Two are the standard plastic tubular type with a few perch on the sides and a tray at the bottom. Filled with what our feed store calls “cardinal mix.” These attracts cardinals, doves, sparrows, redwing blackbirds, grosbeak, red bellied woodpecker, blue jay and occasionally a variety of finch. The squirrels and turkeys used to raid these but I have figured out effective defense mechanisms. A third feeder with the same mix but only a small perch at the bottom attracts the tufted titmice, nuthatch, house finch, purple finch, gold finch. And a swarm of chickadees. The fourth feeder is a perforated aluminum tube for peanuts for the clinging birds. Hairy and Downey woodpeckers, Nuthatch, and occasional others. Then a fifth, for hummingbirds. And a sixth, for Orioles. We get both Baltimore and Barn Orioles.
We’ve tried the suet feeders but our local birds don’t seem too interested. We site the feeders with the following in mind: keeping the squirrels out, keeping the turkeys out, keeping the feeders the right distance from our windows to minimize bird strikes, and giving us a nice view so we can enjoy the visitors. Oh, and photography would be nice but I don’t have positions that give me a good sightline without disturbing the birds. The turkeys learned that when I open the people-door out of the garage, that I might well be carrying bird food. And they would come running. And a few figured out that when the feeders were full, they could jump up, hit the bottom of the feeders with the top of their head, jostle enough seed to the ground for them to then find and eat… Some feeders now have fences on the ground around the bottom so the turkeys can’t get underneath, others have been raised just high enough so that even the best jumper can’t quite get to them. stan > On Apr 23, 2017, at 9:17 AM, Paul Stenquist <[email protected]> wrote: > > Thanks Steve. And thanks to all who commented or had a look. > > Paul via phone > >> On Apr 23, 2017, at 5:57 AM, Steve Cottrell <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> On 22/4/17, Paul Stenquist, discombobulated, unleashed: >> >>> Ken suggested I hang a suet cage to attract some birds who wouldn't show >>> up for my finch seeds. He was right. Shot this Tufted Titmouse this >>> afternoon. Pretty bird! A nice Earth Day gift. >>> >>> https://www.photo.net/photo/18378090/tufted-titmouse >> >> Really nice shot Paul >> >> -- >> >> >> Cheers, >> Cotty >> >> >> ___/\__ Broadcast, Corporate, >> || (O) | Web Video Production >> ---------- <www.seeingeye.tv> >> _____________________________ >> >> >> >> -- >> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >> [email protected] >> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >> to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and >> follow the directions. > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
