Bird Watching: New to bird feeding, 0 by kimsgardenheave

kimsgardenheave wrote:
Hello everyone - I am new to the Bird Watching forums - had a little time and decided to check it out...love it so far :-D - I am normally on the Garden Forum especially the daylilies

I have a "bird" tree and my other feeders I had in the trees. And I have Squirrels & chipmucks stealing and breaking feeders. But I do love my "bird" tree. I was a beautiful plum tree that we dug up and moved to my new place about 5 years ago... it only survive for a little while and now it have 'gone to the birds'... lol

I don't mind the gray squirrel but the red squirrels I could do without. I have a corn feeder (one of those that you put the 3 cobs of corn on and the corn can be gone in the matter of a couple days if not less. Also they have taken a couple of the screw and the cob of corn with them. I do get irritated with them but they are so cute!!

About the chipmucks... they are terrible by me - they can get right into some of my feeders. My dog loves to chase after them. They dig holes in my flower bed and bury the sunflower seed anywhere and everywhere. I could have thousands of sunflowers growing around but I pull them out. I have just made a chipmuck trap that someone told me about... will see if it works - then I will take them far far away and let them go.... or maybe I will let the dog 'play' with a couple of them... lol

I was feeding with just Black Oil Sunflower Seeds but I have put out some Mixed Berrys & Nuts and some Wild Feed and of course have to haves for me are the suet - hummingbird food (sugar water) & grape jelly & sometimes oranges - there are a lot of birds that love that. Birds that visit that I can identify are Blue Jays, Cardinals, Finches, Chickadees, Downey Woodpeckers, Red Bellied Woodpecker, Orioles, Morning Doves, Ruby-throated Hummingbird, Wrens, Warblers, Red-winged Blackbirds, Grosbeak, Finches, & I am sure I didn't get them all. Robins are also always running around my lawn. I have also been so happy when I see a Indigo Bunting a couple times a year.

dpoitras - good luck! You will love it! They so fun to enjoy!

heyitsmejudy - love that... I would like to stick to my guns also with them ;-)

Also very true the cuter they are the more mischievous they can be!!

~Kim