Bird feeder thread

Love that idea. I have some peanuts that sat around too long for us, I'll chop em in the blender and put em out tomorrow.

 

I've had whole peanuts in birdseed mix and I think it keeps the jays away from the feeder for awhile.
They haul off a nut into the woods and peck away at it awhile before returning.

 

When ever we have had a bird feeder out, the Blue Jays packed everything away so campinspecter put chicken wire around the main feeding tray. The smaller birds could get in to get the seed and the blue jays just got what ended up on the ground. Blue Jays seem to cache the seed and then come back for more. We had a juvenile blue jay that could get through the chicken wire until one day he got a surprise as he had grown too big. Fortunately he didn't get stuck.

 

feeder invasion a few may have donate there tails to the fly tying material box

 

Best way to discern a crow from a raven is by their call.

Distinctly different.

Sizewise I don't think you'd be able to tell from a distance.

Not that you'd be able to notice from a distance, but the head and beak are dissimilar.

I'm not certain of this.. but I don't think ravens congregate the same as crows do. Which is called a "murder"


Edit.. Common Raven (Corvus corax) | BirdNote

 

As a general rule.....ravens mostly travel in pairs, where crows are mostly seen in larger groups.

 

chilling out. More than once ive seen squirrels laying in the yard.

 

I had to quit feeding the birds a couple of months back. My visitor would not stop coming around.

 

What's going on brother ?
I have some rubber buckshot that helps them decide to hang out elsewhere. If you need it, let me know.

 

We have one every year in the spring time. I quit feeding the birds once her takes out the feeder. Wait a few weeks then start feeding again. Normally don't see em till next year.

 

Trying to get settled in for mountain living. I had a bear last night that would not leave. Wish I would have had some of your rubber buckshot.

 

We have a swallow that likes to build a nest on the light fixture over our front door. Moss & mud on the rug when they build then droppings when the eggs hatch. We tolerate it. They like to fly off and land on the corner of the ladder racks on my PU. Bird poop on the truck all the time then!

 

Female red-bellied woodpecker. The pic is washed out a bit with sunlight. Seems to be almost a daily visitor. We have pine siskins here now. I have some other pics on the digital camera.

 

I grabbed a box of these from Menards....$5 (after their rebate or 5.60 and forget waiting 5 weeks for 60 cents!)

 

I have a shelf full of about 12 different suet cakes my favorite one drives squirrels away {hot pepper}.