Brilliant idea! I probably have 100 White-winged Dove at a time. I have some
small feeders for the smaller birds. Still, the dove dominate. My Cooper’s Hawk
(stays for winter), thinks those dove are grand.
Glenda
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On Apr 15, 2020, at 3:12 PM, Greg Joiner <gregjoinerphd@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Glenda –
What a gorgeous bird.
Please give the American Goldfinches my address. I have had a thistle sock
out since the first of the year. I am sure that they just don’t know its
there. The House Finches will just have to learn how to share. The
White-winged Dove congregate below the thistle feeder and eat what the
finches drop.
I have had a mixture of up to 50 White-winged Doves, Eurasians, and 2 regular
Mourning Doves (sometimes 3). Since they are all ground feeders, I have just
been putting a feeder full of seed in my fertilizer spreaders and
broadcasting it. I am not sure that will work once the grass starts to
really grow. They hang around all day trying to find the last bit. I was
tired of watching the White Wings dominate the feeder.
Thanks
gwj
Greg W. Joiner, Ph.D.
Clinical and Forensic Psychology
PO BOX 16283
Lubbock, Texas 79490
C) 806-786-7115
O) 806-797-7100
F) 806-797-7101
From: Glenda Kelly
Sent: Wednesday, April 15, 2020 1:55 PM
To: leasbirds@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [leasbirds] Backyard 4/15/20
5 American Goldfinch
(feeding on socks in my backyard this afternoon)
Glenda