Feeding the Birds
#2521
^8-31-2024. I have few hummers now but the ones I do have are a lot longer than the ones earlier in the summer.
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#2522
I still have two hummingbirds (at least) saw them today. I'm keeping their feed fresh.
I was also going through a ton of thistle. Rick commented maybe the holes on the bag were just too big. The other day while a bird was on the bag, I could see seed raining from the bottom and there were no holes. My solution was to use two bags at the same time. That seems to have worked as I didn't refill until today and it had been a few days since I had put any feed out for them.
Anyone else use thistle for the finches? I get a fair amount of Gold finches, lots of house finches, and the darn sparrows will eat from the thistle bag too.
I was also going through a ton of thistle. Rick commented maybe the holes on the bag were just too big. The other day while a bird was on the bag, I could see seed raining from the bottom and there were no holes. My solution was to use two bags at the same time. That seems to have worked as I didn't refill until today and it had been a few days since I had put any feed out for them.
Anyone else use thistle for the finches? I get a fair amount of Gold finches, lots of house finches, and the darn sparrows will eat from the thistle bag too.
Last edited by Lainey; 09-12-2024 at 03:31 PM.
#2523
I still have two hummingbirds (at least) saw them today. I'm keeping their feed fresh.
I was also going through a ton of thistle. Rick commented maybe the holes on the bag were just too big. The other day while a bird was on the bad, I could see seed raining from the bottom and there were no holes. My solution was to use two bags at the same time. That seems to have worked as I didn't refill until today and it had been a few days since I had put any feed out for them.
Anyone else use thistle for the finches? I get a fair amount of Gold finches, lots of house finches, and the darn sparrows will eat from the thistle bag too.
I was also going through a ton of thistle. Rick commented maybe the holes on the bag were just too big. The other day while a bird was on the bad, I could see seed raining from the bottom and there were no holes. My solution was to use two bags at the same time. That seems to have worked as I didn't refill until today and it had been a few days since I had put any feed out for them.
Anyone else use thistle for the finches? I get a fair amount of Gold finches, lots of house finches, and the darn sparrows will eat from the thistle bag too.
#2524
We still have a couple hummingbirds; up until just a couple days ago we still had grosbeaks and orioles.
We had to stop putting out grape jelly . . . the bees were taking over. ..... it is that time of the year.
We had to stop putting out grape jelly . . . the bees were taking over. ..... it is that time of the year.
Last edited by dlq04; 09-12-2024 at 02:36 PM.
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