what do all you folks put in your feeders? we use bo sunflower seed, seed cake, suet and natural-low sodium peanut butter. > hahaha, we too have large numbers of birds at the feeders, including a > beautiful Cardinal this morning. > We go through 4 each 40 pounds bags of bird seed each month, though the > birds would eat more!! We get it at Gebo's at $14.99 per bag. > Any info on a better priced source would be good. > > Floyd and Clarice Robertson > 4702 61st St > Lubbock TX 79414-4527 > 806-799-4174 home > 47robertson02@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Dolan, Tom > To: leasbirds@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > Sent: Sunday, February 02, 2014 1:38 PM > Subject: [leasbirds] Home bird feeder > > > My wife corrected me as the junco's returned today - they are Oregon > junco's - male's have obvious black cape. Counted six in the group and > fun to watch and learn their behavior compared to the house sparrow. I'm > assuming I'm the rare house feeding in the snow as all the neighborhood > birds seem to be hanging out on my patio today. First time to see the > local cardinal family and a couple of mourning doves. Also had never seen > doves as a group chase grackles away. The mockingbird comes and tries to > play king-of-the-hill and chase everyone away, but that doesn't last long. > More than the usual number of finches on the thistle feeder. > > > Tom Dolan > > > > > life is not a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a pretty and well preserved body, but rather to skid in broadside, thoroughly used up, totally worn out, and loudly proclaiming-WOW-WHAT A RIDE!