OT Bird Lovers

We have a number of bird feeders and mostly use sunflower seed as it's one of the lesser expensive options. We get inundated by blackbirds, which sucks. Not a real pretty variety to watch. I just learned that safflower seed is the way to go if we don't want them hanging around. Problem is, safflower seed is rather expensive.

Anyway, was curious about other options out there.

 

I love birds




For dinner!

 

<insert image of shotgun here>

 

Not sure about feed. But those blackbirds might be grackles. They’re assholes. They fly into our place every few years and cause havoc. Pick on the other birds, throw food around, swing from the feeders…they’re like drunks. It’s seriously worth popping a few with a BB gun to get them to go away. They will scare away the nicer birds permanently.

 

Garsh, you're so swift on the accommodations. What a find.

 

May have to pull out the ol' Red Ryder.

 

Plant a garden, get birds. Lucia likes birds. I wish she would go after rats.

 

I like getting birdies and all, but I love eagles so much more!!

 

I hate black birds.
Stick to humming bird feeders or tiny seed, but be prepared for bird poop.

 

We could certainly do that. The area is conducive for it.

 

I would move that hummingbird feeder away from that bird feeder next to it. Every bird is larger than a hummingbird and thus makes the already flighty hummingbird even more nervous. Our humming birds take off like bats out of hell whenever even the smallest song bird comes near.

 

Love it! Thank you, Sir!

 

Lucia left half a bird on my bath mat. Generous cat.

Look, fams, I can't tell her not to be a cat.

 

You could tell her but she's gonna go her own way.

 

We used to keep several feeders going but it got to be such a pain in the butt we quit filling them. No matter what kind of feed we used, it was always problematic in one way or another. Either it attracted the wrong kind of birds, or they picked through the stuff and sent it flying everywhere and/or it would germinate in the lawn or shrub beds, etc, etc. Now I just keep 3-4 Hot Lips salvias to attract hummingbirds and it has worked beyond our imaginations. Every summer our yard is a hummingbird highway. And I have found them to be surprisingly friendly and inquisitive. It’s interesting how long and close they will hover just to check us or the dog out. They really seem to like the dog…..and vice versa.

 

Thanks, I'll check those out!

 

I was once watering our vegetable garden with a garden hose and an upward and then downward motion of the water in a sort of a loop, on a hot summer day. This humming bird came flying and looked me right in the eye for about ten minutes. He seemed fascinated by both me and the water.
By the way, you might want to try grass seed in your feeder.