[leasbirds] Re: Home bird feeder
- From: "rOB lEE" <robertclee@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <leasbirds@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 3 Feb 2014 17:03:58 -0600
The "best" and most selected bird food by the commonest yard birds according
research by Patuxent are black oil sunflower and white proso millet. I say
buy within your budget and see if it is eaten. You can "select" for species
by providing specialty foods like thistle and safflower, but "special" birds
are definitely in the minority. The best way to get accipiters (one of my
favorites) is gobs of food to attract gobs of sparrows and doves. That
becomes a dilemma for those who don't like predators in their yards. One cue
many species use to find food is to go where others go; i.e. feeding
activity attracts more birds.
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Sent: Sunday, February 02, 2014 3:10 PM
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Subject: [leasbirds] Re: Home bird feeder
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
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> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Dolan, Tom
> To: leasbirds@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Sent: Sunday, February 02, 2014 1:38 PM
> Subject: [leasbirds] Home bird feeder
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> 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.
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> Tom Dolan
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