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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: Zacs Mom
How cool!! I wonder if they are a nesting pair!! I believe so.
To: groanup
"Seems like the birds would just go to the feeder trays." Well, that's okay. Some of them are designed that way anyway. Just be sure and empty the hulls that build up regularly.
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posted on
03/05/2005 9:56:55 AM PST
by
sweetliberty
("To have a right to do a thing is not at all the same as to be right in doing it.")
To: MamaTexan
Neat idea!!!! I'm going to try that this summer! Thx!
I've watched the hummers here check spider webs for tidbits to ... ummmmm ... shall we say 'liberate'.......lol They are very efficient little hunters! I've also seen them harvest the webs for nesting material. That is the one reason I don't wipe done spider webs in the spring and early summer.
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posted on
03/05/2005 9:57:34 AM PST
by
Zacs Mom
(Proud wife of a Marine! ... and purveyor of "rampant, unedited dialogue")
To: groanup
Sounds like a job for backhoe man. ;)
To: MamaTexan
"the banana will start to attract a tiny black fruit-fly.... the hummingbirds most favored 'snack'!" I'll have to try that a little later on, once I get some hummingbirds around.
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posted on
03/05/2005 9:59:46 AM PST
by
sweetliberty
("To have a right to do a thing is not at all the same as to be right in doing it.")
To: GodBlessUSA
Oh man, you should see my resident mockingbird try to protect all of his berry trees and bushes when the robins and waxwings arrive!!! He tries so hard to run they off from everything and then finally gives up and decides to protect just one tree ~ which (once he focuses all of his attention on it) he usually manages to keep pretty much for himself.
I love this mockingbird ~ he 'owns' a large section of our backyard and he is so much fun to watch!
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posted on
03/05/2005 10:02:46 AM PST
by
Zacs Mom
(Proud wife of a Marine! ... and purveyor of "rampant, unedited dialogue")
To: Tuscaloosa Goldfinch
To link a photo, you use < img src="" >, placing the url between the quotation marks and leaving out the spaces at the beginning and end. I tried setting it up and it was a bad link (the dreaded red x) so it might be that the site doesn't allow linking to outside servers. That is often the case with free photo storage sites.
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posted on
03/05/2005 10:03:56 AM PST
by
sweetliberty
("To have a right to do a thing is not at all the same as to be right in doing it.")
To: Vigilantcitizen
A lot of male birds will present the female they are courting with food ... I think it helps to convince the female that they will be a good provider for their young. It's neat to watch!
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posted on
03/05/2005 10:04:22 AM PST
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Zacs Mom
(Proud wife of a Marine! ... and purveyor of "rampant, unedited dialogue")
To: Vigilantcitizen
"They are a nesting pair. We'd been seeing them "flirt" most of the week." Oh. Still, it is very funny.
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posted on
03/05/2005 10:05:15 AM PST
by
sweetliberty
("To have a right to do a thing is not at all the same as to be right in doing it.")
To: groanup
I'd bet money on it! Nature has a way of bringing all these creatures together in a balance.
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posted on
03/05/2005 10:06:27 AM PST
by
Zacs Mom
(Proud wife of a Marine! ... and purveyor of "rampant, unedited dialogue")
To: Zacs Mom
I have a similar character in my yard. LOL! Mockingbirds are hysterical. Sometimes, only when he feels like it, he will chase others away from seed - he doesn't even eat. Other times, he can't be bothered. They bring their juveniles here. Of course, we love to hear them sing!
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posted on
03/05/2005 10:07:50 AM PST
by
GodBlessUSA
(To all our Men and Woman in Uniform, past, present and future, God Bless You and Thank You!)
To: sweetliberty
I adore them with a peanut. I couldn't believe the first time I saw a Titmouse with a huge peanut in his mouth, too cute!
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03/05/2005 10:09:23 AM PST
by
GodBlessUSA
(To all our Men and Woman in Uniform, past, present and future, God Bless You and Thank You!)
To: sweetliberty
Oh. Still, it is very funny. Yeah..it is.
Female hawk: Oh joy...snake again.
To: sweetliberty; GodBlessUSA
I do hose it down, I hose off the platform every day or two, spray down the visible mold, and I rake it... this mold (and sprouted seed) grows up overnight, or within hours, and adding more moisture to it probably just makes it grow back better. It's perhaps a NW fact of life, till the temps warm up a little. I just don't want to be killing birds, or making them sick, when they browse around down there if they eat that seed. I've thought of spraying it with a bleach mix before hosing it down... but then I'd probably just kill them with that.
Here's a closeup of what the ground underneath the platforms looks like, the greyish fuzz is the mold. I raked it a couple days ago.
![](http://images.snapfish.com/3433277923232%7Ffp63%3Dot%3E2329%3D%3A3%3A%3D768%3DXROQDF%3E232378%3B%3A86362ot1lsi)
One of my platforms where a squirrel was just a moment before when I was focusing. (Dang the shutter delay in digitals ;~D)
![](http://images.snapfish.com/3433277923232%7Ffp3%3B%3Dot%3E2329%3D%3A3%3A%3D768%3DXROQDF%3E232378%3B%3A837%3A3ot1lsi)
There he is.... wonderin' why I am interruptin' his breakfast.
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posted on
03/05/2005 10:11:45 AM PST
by
HairOfTheDog
(It is no bad thing to celebrate a simple life!)
To: sweetliberty; Zacs Mom
LOL! I know it's a bit early for y'all, but the discussion the other day about hummingbirds;
(whether to color their food...IMO don't)
(whether to use 'energized' commercial nectar...IMO, don't)
made remember to tell everyone they eat (eww) flys in fairly good quantities.
That is the one reason I don't wipe done spider webs in the spring and early summer.
Here, too! I also toss out trimmings from family haircuts.
It's so funny to watch the nesting birds 'shop' for material.
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posted on
03/05/2005 10:11:45 AM PST
by
MamaTexan
(It's NOT about God....it's about FREEDOM!)
To: MamaTexan
Hi MamaTexan!
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posted on
03/05/2005 10:11:59 AM PST
by
GodBlessUSA
(To all our Men and Woman in Uniform, past, present and future, God Bless You and Thank You!)
To: cripplecreek
Gosh, here is a pic of what my bird sanctuary attracted....
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03/05/2005 10:12:04 AM PST
by
HitmanLV
To: Zacs Mom; sweetliberty
Last year I had some kind of bird in love with his own image in the mirror of my truck. I finally went and covered it up so he'd go find real love :~D
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posted on
03/05/2005 10:13:07 AM PST
by
HairOfTheDog
(It is no bad thing to celebrate a simple life!)
To: groanup
Good luck moving those plants. I moved three hydrangeas last year. My back hurts just thinking about it. Amazing the size of their root system.
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posted on
03/05/2005 10:13:51 AM PST
by
GodBlessUSA
(To all our Men and Woman in Uniform, past, present and future, God Bless You and Thank You!)
To: HairOfTheDog
That is such a cute pictures. I love the coloring of your squirrels. I wish I had a suggestion about the mold. I will check with a friend who has been a birder for most of his 60 years and see if he has a suggestion. This man is incredible with information, brilliant. He helps me out all the time. Hopefully he will have a suggestion because that is a bummer to deal with.
I got such a kick out of this squirrel. I was on the deck and kept hearing a noise. I had my son come out to hear to figure it out. We looked up and finally saw this guy grinding his teeth down. LOL.
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posted on
03/05/2005 10:22:16 AM PST
by
GodBlessUSA
(To all our Men and Woman in Uniform, past, present and future, God Bless You and Thank You!)
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