Giving them Pennington Ultra Fruit and Nut Blend in the hopper, and Pennington Classic in the tray. Maybe I should have bought the $5 40 pound bag of seed at Wal-Mart ...Originally posted by Cardinal
Giving them Pennington Ultra Fruit and Nut Blend in the hopper, and Pennington Classic in the tray. Maybe I should have bought the $5 40 pound bag of seed at Wal-Mart ...
Growth for growth's sake is the ideology of the cancer cell. -- Edward Abbey
The best choice is sunflower seeds. Get the ones that are already shelled and you won't have the clean-up issue. Peanuts work very well for woodpeckers.
Anyone want to adopt a dog?
That's all I buy - sunflower kernels or hearts in 40-lb. bags. I attract a decent variety of birds, it's cheaper to buy in bulk and there's no waste. Anything that falls on the ground is fair game for the chipmunks and squirrels.
Oh yeah, I do buy suet as well. Woodpeckers love suet.
Interesting article in my fair city's newspaper:
Utility wires empower birds' perspective
Social and feeding purposes.
Oddball
Why don't you knock it off with them negative waves?
Why don't you dig how beautiful it is out here?
Why don't you say something righteous and hopeful for a change?
From Kelly's Heroes (1970)
Are you sure you're not hurt ?
No. Just some parts wake up faster than others.
Broke parts take a little longer, though.
From Electric Horseman (1979)
Falconry spreads its wings
Do you know any falconers ?Across the country, there are between 4,000 and 4,500 falconers, making it an exclusive group.
There are 23 pages of regulations that falconers must follow
According to the article it takes a lot of effort to become one.
Oddball
Why don't you knock it off with them negative waves?
Why don't you dig how beautiful it is out here?
Why don't you say something righteous and hopeful for a change?
From Kelly's Heroes (1970)
Are you sure you're not hurt ?
No. Just some parts wake up faster than others.
Broke parts take a little longer, though.
From Electric Horseman (1979)
Put in an application to participate in teh Texas Master Naturalist program last week. Similar to the Master Gardener program but focused on the wider environment with significant amounts of training and volunteer hours involved. Anybody else here involved?
“Death comes when memories of the past exceed the vision for the future.”
I enjoy watching birds... but mostly as I look down the barrel of my 12 gauge.
When compassion exceeds logic for too long, chaos will ensue. - Unknown
Right now we have feeder poles in the back and side yards and I'm putting out regular seed, safflower, and black sunflower. Hummer season is over so I took down that feeder and replaced it with a nyjer feeder, as the goldfinches should return soon. I also keep a tray feeder in the back yard for the blue jays.
Right now, the hanging feeders are pulling in cardinals, doves, wrens, chickadees, house finches, an occasional woodpecker, and a couple others I haven't gotten a good enough look at to identify.
I probably won't put out suet for at least a month when the temperatures drop consistently for winter.
We've only been putting out feeders for a year and a half and we both enjoy watching the birds and their behaviours. The house finch pairs dine together, and brought a passel of babies to the feeder this spring. The cardinal pairs dine one bird at a time, with the other half of the pair keeping watch from across the driveway.
I'm not much for tromping out in the woods, so I doubt I'll ever turn into a serious bird-watcher.
Distressing even upsetting news -
Thousands of birds make crash landing in Utah
476 news websites picked up the story.Thousands of migrating birds, apparently mistaking parking lots for ponds, crashed into the ground throughout southern Utah this week, resulting in a marathon rescue and collection effort.
Oddball
Why don't you knock it off with them negative waves?
Why don't you dig how beautiful it is out here?
Why don't you say something righteous and hopeful for a change?
From Kelly's Heroes (1970)
Are you sure you're not hurt ?
No. Just some parts wake up faster than others.
Broke parts take a little longer, though.
From Electric Horseman (1979)
Is today depressing dying animal story day?
Poor birds, poor poor birds
Occupy Your Brain!
It was very sad! The front here is on a major migration path for so many really impressive birds and hearing that story yesterday on the local news was just heart-breaking. It's fantastic in the fall to look up and see them all. The wetlands all around the Great Salt Lake also are extraordinary for birds. Ibis, sand cranes, blue herons...on and on and on.
"...I would never try to tick Hink off. He kinda intimidates me. He's quite butch, you know." - Maister
I believe I saw a ruffed grouse this morning near the woods by my house
At any rate, it looked an awful lot like the bird above
People will miss that it once meant something to be Southern or Midwestern. It doesn't mean much now, except for the climate. The question, “Where are you from?” doesn't lead to anything odd or interesting. They live somewhere near a Gap store, and what else do you need to know? - Garrison Keillor
That bird looks like it would be delicious to eat
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