Coons were hitting our suet cakes until I made a hanger with wire that would dump them before they could climb out to the cakes.
Is the bird feeding a thing when the weather turns crappy? My wife was telling me her parents in Sapulpa have been hold up in the house for a couple days due to the storm but said that they get out and feed the birds 3-5 times a day off the back porch. I thougt it was funny to have birds swarming their back yard and patio during this type of weather.
Wife puts out three big feeders for the birds. She likes to watch them through the front window.
A lot of birds die during a harsh winter. She wants to "save them".
So we buy 15 or so bags of black oil sunflower seeds annually and run a heater in the bird bath in the back yard.
The deer, squirrels and birds all participate in the bird bath water when the rest of their world if frozen.
It's pretty cool watching them getting drinks.
Take care of those resident song birds today by contributing to your local food bank!
We have 4 feeders for seed and each one has a suet cake. The last few days I have filled the feeders two times each day. I guess the cold has the birds really hungry.
We normally don't feed the birds, but did a few days ago. Dollar General was out of bird feed so we put out some Blue dog food. Now robins are there every day. I guess will start feeding them daily when we get bird food.... LOL
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We've been feeding birds about 3 years now and really enjoy watching them. Lots of cardinals, woodpeckers, finches, etc. And plenty of hawks & owls keeping an eye on them.
