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Don't spray the foil or the light. It can get into the feathers and hurt the birds ability to fly and stay warm. Take the aluminum foil and fold it over a few times to make it stiffer. Push a hand full of sewing pins (the more the better) thru the foil so they are sticking up. Place the foil on the light and try to form it around making sure the pins stick out and not into you!
Good point Scoots. If the foil by itself doesn't work, I'll have to come up with something else. Sewing pins might not be long enough and likely hard to wrap but its a thought.
I did spring for a heated bird bath, but the first place we put it, the birds weren't interested. I think because there was no good shelter/shrubs nearby for them. Rick moved it next to some feeders that are relatively active with shrubs and trees in "flying distance" we'll see how that goes.
Overall, feeders are relatively quiet. Squirrels enjoying lots of suet!
Hate them when they mob by bird feeder during the summer months. But this European Starling has transformed into its beautiful winter plumage. Taken on my well placed "photography branch"situated near the bird feeder with a f4.5 400mm lens.
11-19-2019, 09:59 AM
