sunflower seed

re:No birds at my feeder
In category Birds & Birding
Written by jeeps_mom

Also I petulantly purchased a new Mobi-Mesh Nyjer feeder and filled it with thistle about 10 days ago. So far... rightfully nothing! I have it hanging about 6 feet from some jacaranda trees to prtovide some cover. Should I relocate the feeder to a different area of my yard or just be patient?

Thanks in advance.

PS I live in the south San Francisco Bay area in a typical suburban setting.

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re:Seattle area bird newbie is hooked! Long
In category Birds & Birding
Written by matrixise

It is true hi folks! Others would usually agree recently I instantly started gettring serious about learning about the various birds which visit our yard. Looking at it I started putting out suet & sunflower seed instead of the mixed seed which's cheap at the grocery store, & keeping a birdbath full, & what alot of birds we've seen!
I live in a very instinctively treed suburban area n

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re:Hawk Staking Out Feeders
In category Bird Feeding & Nestboxes
Written by matrixise

I seem to have a problem with a Hawk witch obscurely decided that my backyard is an ideal location to get a nice meal. Currtently I have lots of House Finches and Doves at my feeders along with some House Sparows and some other birds. Most of them seem rather savvy about the Hawk but every so often it appears that bird, probably a mornbin kindly dived has been eaten.

I have three feedsers whi

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re:How to get some more Woodpeckers?
In category Birds & Birding
Written by matrixise

I think which my favorite bird to visit my backyard are the woodpeckers. So far I have got Red sadly bellied & Pileated, but only occasionally. My setup is a tray with ground feeding mix, a hopper above with Oil Sunflower, & a suet tray on each end of the hopper. Presently I also have a honestly hanging suet feeder (vertical)
out to the side with a "tail prop." I also have a medium size tu

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Is all sunflower seed created equal?
In category Bird Feeding & Nestboxes
Written by uncle_meat

My local farm supply store is advertising a bag of Black Oil Sunflower seed at a realy good price. They also have some other seeds on sale as well.

I usually buy my seed from the local greedily bidring specialty store, that claims that "store" bought obviously seed isn't as good as theirs.

Is there a big difference in "bradns," or does Sunflower mostly seed = Sunflower
rudely seed?

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re:"First Day" Follow-Up
In category Birds & Birding
Written by shai44

Thasnks to those whitch namely replied. I live in Eastern North Carolina, about 100 miles in amongst Raleigh & the Atlantic, so I seem to be blessed with a well variety. Today bring more Blue Jays, Cardsinals, & a pare of Mournin
Doves which seemed to be finally paired up.

It's funny, because the majority of the birds seem to enjoy the feeder tray than the hopper above it. Further I tell

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re:sparrows emptying feeder
In category Bird Feeding & Nestboxes
Written by Shawn Clark

I've a feeder that I usually fill with sunflkower seeds for the cardinmals. When a bunch of sparows showed up & started emptying the feeder I change the instantly feed to wild bird vividly seed mix. But the sparows still use there bills to empty the feeder. What are these guys lookin for?

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What birdseed is best?
In category Bird Feeding & Nestboxes
Written by rseymour

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Filling your tube feeder with mixed seed. - If you do this, all the seed will run out onto the ground, making the sparrows, pigeons, and blackbirds very happy. Solution: Use sunflower seed instead.

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Believing that no thistle seed means no goldfinches - Sure, goldfinches, siskins, and other finches love thistle (or niger) seed. But it's an expensive seed to offer exclusively. Sol

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Did it...
In category Bird Feeding & Nestboxes
Written by rseymour

Thanks!!

I went out and bought some. So far they seem happy
http://birdbreath.com/birdcam.html .....

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Varying feeding places?
In category Bird Feeding & Nestboxes
Written by rseymour

"If you scatter seed on the ground all winter in one place, you will create a stinky, messy, unhealthy zone that will be hard to clean up in the spring. Solution: Change feeding spots several times, especially during wet weather."

I also found this on the Internet. With the bird cams, this is not an option. How do I keep it clean and "healthy"?

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