Mid-Atlantic Gardening: Snow Birds, 1 by Gitagal

Gitagal wrote:
Not that I know what all birds look like--but i swear i have seen "gold Finches'
at my feeders--they are just in their drab winter colors. mostly--i see the pattern
on the wings--with the slightest touch of olive color to them.

Muddy--I guess i do not have as much $$$ as you do to spend on seed and feeders.
A 10lb. bag of safflower seed, at Wall-mart, still costs $10-$12.
If that is all I filled my feeders with--I would go broke.
I could stop feeding them all together--but the small birds need to eat.
I could care less about the black birds...honestly. They are a pain in the A.....

The last seed mix I bought was at Ollies. 20lb bag for $6.99. We were there--
and it seemed l9ke a great deal. Yeah--???
That is the one with all the corn in it. I know...I know.....yet it is all eaten anyway.

I need to get to Big Lots and buy their 8lb. bag of just Millet--$7.
The doves love that--and I usually spread it on the floor.

Of course--the "pigs" eat everything....no matter what.

Seems that the Blackbirds stop feeding here around 5;30PM.
That is when it is starting to turn dusk. The smaller birds feed a bit longer.
Nice break for them...and me!

Well--such is life.....G.