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Re: Wild Bird Feeders

Postby 9fingers » 17 Jul 2021, 13:55

RogerM wrote:The last few days I've noticed that the previous high activity levels at the feeders has dwindled to virtually nothing. A month ago I had to top up the 4 port seed feeder every other day. Now, hardly anything. It was the same last year from the middle of July. Any explanation? I'm guessing that many of the young birds have now flown the nest and are beginning to forage for themselves, and the parents have less to do?

Or maybe a naturally occurring food has become available that they prefer?


I too have noticed this and we keep the feeder with some seed in all year round. So far I've not been able to correlate consumption with weather/season/phase of the moon or anything else.
Consumption of the 400gram that the feeder holds can vary between 2 days and nearly 2 weeks.

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Re: Wild Bird Feeders

Postby RogerS » 28 Aug 2021, 22:30

Please....don't feed them. The only time we feed them is in the very depths of winter with fat balls.

There is NO reason to feed them throughout the year,

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-58346043
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Re: Wild Bird Feeders

Postby Lurker » 29 Aug 2021, 07:11

The bloke at the end of that article had a better view IMHO.
There are bigger things that have changed the range of species in the U.K. Loss of countryside to houses for instance.
We have a big gang of blue * that are pretty obviously this year’s fledglings and they certainly are thriving as a species. My theory is that they nest in places where grey squirrels and magpies can’t get at them, whereas birds with more exposed nests have no chance.
I walked a country Lane last week where the harvest was full on. Saw a flock of sparrows which must be the first time for 30 years.

Edit: the cyber nanny got me :D
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Re: Wild Bird Feeders

Postby Andyp » 29 Aug 2021, 08:06

It is a tough one. Are we feeding the birds because they need feeding or because we enjoy the spectacle.

Plenty of blue títs , great títs, coal títs and marsh títs around here.
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Re: Wild Bird Feeders

Postby Doug » 29 Aug 2021, 08:47

Andyp wrote:It is a tough one. Are we feeding the birds because they need feeding or because we enjoy the spectacle.

Plenty of blue títs , great títs, coal títs and marsh títs around here.


I think it for the spectacle Andy, I recently made this replacement birdhouse table thing for a lady.

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Within minutes of installing it for her it was covered in yellow finches, the photo only shows two feeders but there were other feeders hanging in the tree right out side her kitchen window she said she loves to sit & watch them.

Personally we don’t feed the birds I don’t think it’s necessary, we have loads of them in the garden they come for the grubs under the bark chippings & collecting nesting materials from under the hedge as well as the very small birds that eat the fly etc off the plants.
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Re: Wild Bird Feeders

Postby Lurker » 29 Aug 2021, 09:19

Andyp wrote:It is a tough one. Are we feeding the birds because they need feeding or because we enjoy the spectacle.

Plenty of blue títs , great títs, coal títs and marsh títs around here.


How come your prolific use of that word got past the cyber nanny and my one use didn’t? :!:
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Re: Wild Bird Feeders

Postby 9fingers » 29 Aug 2021, 09:57

Lurker wrote:
Andyp wrote:It is a tough one. Are we feeding the birds because they need feeding or because we enjoy the spectacle.

Plenty of blue títs , great títs, coal títs and marsh títs around here.


How come your prolific use of that word got past the cyber nanny and my one use didn’t? :!:



It’s the advantage of having a French keyboard. Look at the “i” very carefully

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Re: Wild Bird Feeders

Postby Andyp » 29 Aug 2021, 10:11

:) :)
Got it one Bob, sort of. On the the iPad one just need to do a prolonged press of the i and all sorts of options appear.
The accent I used is not french though just an option on the iPad keyboard. The i in French, I am reliably informed only has an î or ï.
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Re: Wild Bird Feeders

Postby 9fingers » 29 Aug 2021, 10:43

Andyp wrote::) :)
Got it one Bob, sort of. On the the iPad one just need to do a prolonged press of the i and all sorts of options appear.
The accent I used is not french though just an option on the iPad keyboard. The i in French, I am reliably informed only has an î or ï.


I must admit I could not think of an instance of i grave that I'd seen in French only i circumflex as in gite.

I see that the iphone does something similar to your ipad on prolonged press of i although I rarely type on the phone due fat fingers.

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Re: Wild Bird Feeders

Postby Andyp » 29 Aug 2021, 11:02

Pssst, sshhhhh :eusa-shhh:
Don’t tell Mark as he could add all the “alternative” spellings to the cyber nanny.
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Re: Wild Bird Feeders

Postby droogs » 29 Aug 2021, 12:16

Don't worry Roger, I never feed wild birds. I always insist they calm down first and take of the high heels to relax :lol:
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Re: Wild Bird Feeders

Postby 9fingers » 29 Aug 2021, 12:50

That's the style Alan, get some Prosecco down their beaks first to quieten down the squawking!
Make sure you don't give then any seed either
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