Mourning Dove Adult Landing
European Starling Adult Breeding Mimicking
Dark-eyed Junco Adult Female Perched
Common Grackle Adult Male Interior (Bronzed) Foraging
Brown-headed Cowbird Pair Whistling
Brown-headed Cowbird Adult Male Eastern Flying
Mourning Dove Adult Preening
House Sparrow Adult Male Breeding Drinking
House Sparrows CallingDid you know early morning (6-9) and late evening (6-9) are the best time to go birding? In early morning and late evening I see Mourning Doves, House Sparrows, Song Sparrows, White-throated Sparrows, White-crowned Sparrows, Tufted Titmice, Common Grackles, American Crows, Brown-headed Cowbirds, Laughing Gulls, Ring-billed Gulls, Herring Gulls, American Robins, Northern Cardinals, Blue Jays, Dark-eyed Juncos and Downy Woodpeckers! From 9am to 6pm you would probably only see a few of these. And this is only the list of them I see in my back yard during these periods of the day. If you went anywhere in early morning and late evening you would see a lot more birds than you would in another time of day. Ok, lets move on to dealing with squirrels. If squirrels are a nuisance in your area buy feeders that are easy for squirrels to get to. I know, it may seem crazy but here's why. If you buy what companies call "squirrel proof feeders" it will be a challenge for them to get. But they will get the seed anyway and leave a mess and a broken feeder. If you buy a feeder that is easy for squirrels to get they will get a little seed and leave no mess and no broken bird feeders. That is why "squirrel proof feeders" are almost completely useless. If you have any questions about this please leave them in the comment box or e-mail me by samwpsnook@hotmail.com.
Birdman
3 comments:
We still have a number of Juncos at our feeders which surprises me because they were long gone by this time last year. Right now I have 2 red squirrels a grey and a black squirrel and 2 chipmunks eating my bird seed. Oh well..!
Your post sounds logical, but those squirrels are a big pain in my yard. They are stubborn & sneaky creatures, but they must have a purpose.
Not sure I agree. If you get a feeder that's easy for squirrels to feast on, they'll just eat more and you'll spend more money on bird seed. I've seen some pretty fat squirrels around:) I suggest try a corn spike placed far away from your bird feeder, give them their own place to eat. I collected some info that might help you and your readers at squirrelproofer.com
hope this helps :)
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