Do you have an outdoor bird feeder?

Cardinals, sparrows of all sorts, hummingbirds, and squirrels.

No.

Yes. We've got several. I've seen blue jays, sparrows, cardinals, hummingbirds, mocking birds, and others that I don't know what they are.

There's a bird called a squirrel?

Squirrels love our bird feeders, too. I bought a new one a while back and squirrels can't get the food. The little craps.

I have a feeder just for them. It doesn't matter, tho, they like the seed better.

Nope, I don't have any place to put one.

Yes, if you're counting hummingbird feeders.

If you didn't know it yourself, would you ever had believed it if someone told you how aggresive they are!

I do, but I never put any bird feed in it. I really didn't even know I had one till after hurricane Rita and I was assessing my property.

Yeh but it fell off from the 2nd floor into the depths of mystery

No, I don't. There is absolutely no place to put one outside my apartment.

No. The neighborhood cats can catch and kill birds just fine without a feeder.

I havn't got access to the garden

Where is the other option? I only have a feeder up part of the year because the nectar spoils easily and the hummingbirds are only here a short time. Cute little buggers.

No, I wouldn't have.

I have several. I get hummingbirds, bluebirds, blackbirds, all kinds of birds local to San Francisco, with the exception of seagulls and pigeons, thankfully.

many

Yes, I do...

Sparrows, starlings, cardinals, and my favorite... cowbirds.

No, but I do have bat houses. A few weeks ago I was outside cooking and walked over to my truck for something and one landed on my back. He stayed there for probably 4 or 5 minutes crawling around while I was walking around then just flew off. Maybe I've made a new friend. I was just getting ready to try and feed him something when he flew off. Just didn't know what to try.

No and I'm pretty sure that my landlord wouldn't approve if I did. We have enough pigeon crap on the window sills as it is...

My friend has several hummingbird feeders at her back porch and they are something else to watch. They are very territorial and go after each other in some prettyintimidating manners.

I have just the one, but I've witnessed them act pretty challenging to each other. I had a regular bird feeder at one point, but took it down because of the squirrels. I plan to get a squirrel-proof one eventually, when I can manage to get to a large store. The village near me just has a small general store and there isn't much selection.

There aren't very many squirrel proof ones out there. I have tried most of them, the one I like the best is the one where the weight of the squirrel slams the seed openings shut, but the birds aren't heavy enough so it stays open. There are a few different types that offer that, it's your best bet.

I heard of those, but, as I said, I need to get to a store that carries a decent supply of bird feeders. The little general store nearest to my home carries a few that were made locally, but they are anything but squirrel-proof. What I want to do is get myself to a home and garden type of shop that has a nice variety.

No, I don't have a bird feeder, but I have a bird book a serious birder gave me! I refer to it constantly, and most recently saw an Oregon Junco out in the neighbor's yard. When we were in California, while in the Monterey area there was a Scrub Jay in the yard, and while staying a few days in Redding, a Rufous Hummingbird made good use of the feeder while I soaked in the hot tub. They're like a western version of the east coast's Ruby Throated.

I've been studying animals and insects so long, now I'm branching out to more feathered friends. When I lived by the river, I had a Pileated Woodpecker right out on my deck on the pole! I also saved and raised until first flight a seagull I named Ratbird. We had lots of marine type birds around the marina. Herons, Comorants, Ospreys, too many Bald Eagles to count, I notice a lot of birds.

Next time, try offering the bat an insect or mealworm... they eat insects, so make it size appropriate... bats are so cool, I love them! I had dragonflies land on me when hiking past a pond. That was way cool, too.

Oh I love dragon flies too.

Know what I have? Here's the story... Alice and I picked bags of apples, we found a big green caterpillar in the car afterwards... it had two big eyespots and was about 2 inches long with a bigger head end. Being the amateur entomologist that I am, I instantly identified it as the caterpillar of the Western Tiger Swallowtail Butterfly!

I read up on it's life cycle and indeed it did go into it's chrysalis stage where it's overwintering to emerge this spring. I have pictures of it, too... will let you know when I upload them to my site... it's quite a thing to know I will have a big yellow and black butterfly to set free!

That sounds cool. Yeah let me k now if/when you get them on your site.

I used to. We had Cardinals, Blue Jays, Sparrows, all kinds of Finches, Grosbeaks etc etc. Now I put the food out a different way and we have a birdbath. The birds would knock all the seed down where it would sprout in the lawn and it made a real mess. I have a large plate on a table now and I don't care where the seed goes on the patio brick it can be swept up or away.

What do you have between the bricks? I was thinking of doing that butI wondering, are the bricks tight up against each other, or do you have sand between the cracks? My friend has thick low bushes under her feeders so nothing grows there, but it still looks messy. I haven't fed my birds lately because I need to know how to prevent a forest of weeds.

I have 2 bird feeders. There hasn't been any birds come to it yet. How do I get them to notice it?

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