Bird Watching: Bluebird Nestlings Peeking Out, 1 by 2dCousinDave

2dCousinDave wrote:
The heat is a problem. I have a fridge in the basement where I keep the meal worms. I buy them 10,000 at a time and put out just what they will feed at that time. I have a wire cage box with a glass cup that I put them in. The blues come up to the deck where I can see them and tell me when they need more. I bring out maybe 50 and they work in tandem so one stays in the cage all the time to keep the sparrows out. If they seem to lose interest I take the mealies in until they come back. I am determined not to let the sparrows have any.

I feed them early in the morning and late in the evening mostly. During the day they are always coming in with spiders and crickets and grasshoppers but it is hard to keep five fed when they are this far along in their development.

Here is a picture of my cage feeder with a couple of juveniles from last year.

This message was edited Jun 20, 2009 12:30 AM