Bird Watching: Daily Pics Volume #56 (corrected), 1 by debnes_dfw_tx

debnes_dfw_tx wrote:
Nice pics you guys!! Your finches are really cool boojum!

Thanks D! Actually I put that upside down plant basket on the feeder so the Eurasian Collard doves wouldn't bully everyone around. Particularly one little baby Mourning Dove I had to watch after his tree fell and was displaced.
I bent places, (or stations) in 4 corners for them to fit their big shoulders through to eat, and they mind their manners, even when little dove was inside eating. I was so relieved!! One more peck and it would been curtains for the little guy.
All the smaller birds can fit in the other places, but the Mourning, White-winged, and ECollard have to use the stations to get in. Occasionally a collard will go inside and kinda dance around like, "Why did I do that??" and "Where's the exit to this contraption??"

And as for the squirrels..... they fit inside too, but we only have a few so the birds get most of the seed.

You could just as well keep the spokes straight and the squirrel would not fit at all. The doves like to be ground fed just fine, but when they get a chance they like to eat at this feeder.

Here's a closer look with some Mourning Doves..