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Creating A Bird Sanctuary In Your Yard
March 5, 2005
| sweetliberty
Posted on 03/05/2005 8:07:37 AM PST by sweetliberty
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To: Dysart
Oh, that is SO adorable! I just love Mockingbirds. I have a pair around now.
This evening, one of my pairs of Cardinals was courting at the feeder. He was feeding her. It was so sweet.
And when I was driving home from Little Rock, about 30 miles from home, I saw a hawk and 2 Golden Eagles, all within a couple of miles of each other. The hawk flew down and landed on the ground in a field near the side of the road. The eagles actually flew across my path, both of them about a mile apart from each other, low enough that they were easy to identify.
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posted on
04/07/2005 8:48:08 PM PDT
by
sweetliberty
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To: GodBlessUSA
I'm going to try putting jelly and peanut butter out tomorrow. I went to the bird store in Little Rock today. I didn't get so extravagant as last time, but I spent enough. It's probably good that we don't have one locally. I'd be broke all the time. I'm also going to try mealworms. I got a small mealworm feeder that will attach to the pole. Now, if I can find some place locally to get mealworms...
I was so tempted today to get one of those "scare"owls. Their heads actually turn. I thought it might be good for getting rid of the Grackles, but I was afraid it would scare off the other birds as well.
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posted on
04/07/2005 8:56:09 PM PDT
by
sweetliberty
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To: GodBlessUSA
Do you feed the Mockingbirds regular or golden raisins? The ones I have just love the golden raisins. They will pick through everything else to get them.
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posted on
04/07/2005 8:57:42 PM PDT
by
sweetliberty
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To: Dysart
"They actually prefer cranberries to raisins" Do you use fresh cranberries, or Craisins? If I put out golden raisins and craisins, they completely ignore the craisins.
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posted on
04/07/2005 9:00:04 PM PDT
by
sweetliberty
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To: Dysart
LOL! 7 out of 10 - then I'm definitely serving cranberries! :)
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posted on
04/08/2005 4:54:02 AM PDT
by
GodBlessUSA
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To: GodBlessUSA; Quester
I'm not sure where you live GBUSA, but Quester looked up nandina where he lives and told me that they wouldn't survive where he lives because of the harsher winters. Maybe the it's the same for you.
Becky
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posted on
04/08/2005 4:55:00 AM PDT
by
PayNoAttentionManBehindCurtain
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To: Tuscaloosa Goldfinch
I love Catbirds. They are so smart. If an egg in their nest doesn't match their eggs, out it goes from the nest! I wish they all would catch on.
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posted on
04/08/2005 5:03:32 AM PDT
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GodBlessUSA
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To: sweetliberty
Good Morning Sweetliberty! I put out regular raisins. I soak them overnight before I put them out. I'll soak the craisins too if I use them. I was once told to soak them to make them easier for them to eat. Catbirds and the Robins love the grape Jelly.
Let me know how the meal worms go. I thought of doing that but there are so many Starlings here and I know they would eat them up. They are as bad or worse than Grackles. I saw a Starling pin down a Juvenile Jay last year and start pecking at his chest. They are nasty too.
I put my humming feeder out yesterday. Hoping to see some travel through. I was thinking of putting an Oriole feeder up too. I see them every once in a while. Have you seen your Pilieated Woodpecker lately?
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posted on
04/08/2005 5:10:34 AM PDT
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GodBlessUSA
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To: GodBlessUSA
I haven't seen the Pileated Woodpecker lately. I hope he will return.
I hadn't thought about the Starlings. That's the only prolem with trying to expand the variety of food available to get more kinds of birds. Sometimes you get the undesirables, too. There are Starlings about. And even the Red-winged Blackbirds are intimidating to the other birds. You'd think the Bluejays could run them off, as loud and agressive as they are. Some of my Bluejays will take on the squirrels occasionally.
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posted on
04/08/2005 7:07:33 AM PDT
by
sweetliberty
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To: PayNoAttentionManBehindCurtain
Hi
Thanks, I'm on Long Island. I looked it up. It should be fine. We are considered zone 7 and they say good from zone 6. I'm glad because while I looked them up, I read about them again and I like them a lot.! Going to great for fall color too!:)
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posted on
04/08/2005 7:14:50 AM PDT
by
GodBlessUSA
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To: sweetliberty
A few years back, my daughter-in-law rescued a baby mourning dove from a blue jay. He was trying to kill him.
To: Tuscaloosa Goldfinch
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posted on
04/08/2005 8:40:16 AM PDT
by
sweetliberty
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To: GodBlessUSA
Do you put your jelly out in a dish, or smear it on a tree?
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posted on
04/08/2005 8:43:50 AM PDT
by
sweetliberty
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To: GodBlessUSA
Oh, and I have new residents to report as of this morning....Brown Thrashers. I was talking to the next door neighbor and she said there were a bunch of them around yesterday. I wasn't, so I didn't nortice till today. I always liked them too. They were plentiful in our yard when I was growing up.
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posted on
04/08/2005 8:46:01 AM PDT
by
sweetliberty
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To: sweetliberty
I hope you see your Pilieated again too!
The Starlings here are worse than the Grackles. They drive me absolutely nuts.
The Bluejays haven't caused any problems here. I love putting peanuts out for them. They come around only a few times a day. They bring their Juveniles in spring and they are very loud begging for food. :)
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posted on
04/08/2005 11:58:20 AM PDT
by
GodBlessUSA
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To: sweetliberty
That's great seeing the Brown Thrashers. It brought back memories of seeing them when you were young too. That's fun! I never saw a Thrasher, yet....
Good you spoke with your neighbor with the feeders? That will be nice having someone nearby interested in birds too. I have one neighbor who complains about the noise of birds and too many squirrels. If there's a mole she blames me for feeding the birds. Nuts. I keep it clean so I don't care what she says. LOL. I'm not called the Right Wing Bird Lady for nothing :)
I put the Jelly in a dish. My mother saw it one day. She thinks I'm nuts. They were eating out of a crystal heart candy dish. LOL!
I'm going to take the kids birding tomorrow. Hopefully, I'll have some good pictures! Maybe a new bird sighting.
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posted on
04/08/2005 12:14:13 PM PDT
by
GodBlessUSA
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To: GodBlessUSA
It wasn't the new neighbor with all the feeders I was talking to. It was my next door neighbor. She was outside when I went out making a racket to shoo the grackles away. She has some feeders, too. She said the Thrashers like the worms and that we have a lot of them.
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posted on
04/08/2005 12:17:40 PM PDT
by
sweetliberty
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To: sweetliberty
Sweetliberty,
Sometimes, I take oranges, cut them in half, scrape out the inside and put the jelly in there. Leave the orange out for some other bird or critter to eat. It works great. I'll show you a picture if I can find one. :)
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posted on
04/08/2005 12:17:57 PM PDT
by
GodBlessUSA
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To: sweetliberty
I know you don't need a picture of the orange with jelly in it but I'll post it anyway. :)
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posted on
04/08/2005 12:28:38 PM PDT
by
GodBlessUSA
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To: GodBlessUSA
Okay. Thanks. Maybe I'll try that. I haven't many takers on oranges so far though.
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posted on
04/08/2005 12:38:36 PM PDT
by
sweetliberty
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