Poll: Birds

[OneWithWood]

We have one 'commercial' feeder and acres of natural stuff.  We are not at a loss for feathered friends, even with two cats on patrol.

[Bill Johnson]

We have one feeder, outside our picture window.  Since it consists of 1/4 sheet of plywood, its commonly referred to as the "aircraft carrier"  :D.  It easily accomodates 30 grosbeaks, numerous chickadees, and siskens. We also get our fair share of jays, squirrels, chipmunks, etc through out the entire year.

[Bro. Noble]

I put out sunflower seeds,  suet,  niger thistle seeds,  and cracked corn.  Last night I put out an armidillow to feed the crows ;D  If they pick it clean without tearing up the shell,  it will go for a sewing basket for a good friend up north ;)

[Weekend_Sawyer]

 When I butcher deer I save the tallow and stuff it in my wire suit feeder.
The Ladderbacks really like it.

The squirrels really get into my bird feaders, I'm thinkin about squirrel stew.
Just another dish that would go well with grits!

Jon

[thecfarm]

We use to have a 2 square foot piece of plywood on top of a 7ft pipe to feed the birds.I got tired of fighting the gray squirrels off from it.I put 3 liters plastic soda bottles through the post.I drilled a hole in the bottom of each bottle and pulled the pipe out and put the bottles through the pipe.This helped out alot.The bottles would spin as soon as they would leap  on them.No way to keep the garys away all the time.Haven't seen any this year at the feeder.My dog loves to chase them.

[CHARLIE]

I feed Northern Orioles, hummingbirds and finches in the Spring and Summer, but the winter birds are on their own.

[Danny_S]

This is our feeding station the other day. We have about 10 regular chickadees and a couple of finch.

[Corley5]

This guy showed up today   I've tries to get pics of him in the past and finally got him.  The strange thing was that Mr Elusive came to the feeder with the Cummins truck running 12' away from it.  Not sure about that :  The pics didn't come ou too bad considering they were taken through a window ;D





8) 8) 8) Birds.  The red crest on his head would stand up like a fan sometimes.

[SwampDonkey]

I drive them away from pecking at one of my maples in the yard. I tried getting a pic of one in the woods but he would always be one step ahead of me and would only allow me so close. He also liked to duck around the other side of the tree. ;D  Ever try to get a picture of a sapsucker? They'll have you running and running around the tree. :D :D :D

[Cedarman]

Our cat thinks we are attracting birds just for her to try and catch.  So no feeder.  There are enough weed seeds to feed a huge flock and enough dead trees for the woodpeckers.

I really like the hanging rib cage idea.  Will give it a try next time.

[SwampDonkey]

I got curious the other day as I saw where someone was driving on my cousins lot and walking in a road he has. I found a bunch of marten carcasses and a flock of chicadees at them. Also there were 3 coyote snares set, but I don't think they will be in danger.

[Murf]

I have about 5 or 8 different feeders spread around the place, mostly out the back, we back onto a huge (mostly) coniferous forest so there's lots of birds around.

We feed sunflower and niger (thistle) seed mostly, but do put out a few suet bars in the winter.



Most of time there's a waiting line to get to these little feeders, it's comical to watch the finches buzzing each other to steal their seat at the buffet.

[farmerdoug]

I do not put out feeders as it attracts rodents(rats and mice), but I do plant 5+ acres of field corn and a couple of acres of grain sohgram and buckwheat by the woods each year for all of the wildlife.  It also keeps them out of the truck farm crops to a point during the summer. :

Farmerdoug