I Am Feeding 'my' garden Birds Again

[Muddy]

@Psmith

We were awoken to an awful racket.Two young Black Cockatoos demanding to be fed by their parents and they were all in the tree outside our window.They like the small grubs under the bark and it took a long time before they were satisfied.

Gosh how lucky you are these are quite a rare bird .

[Muddy]

My garden now is shades of Alfred Hitchcock back yard with the corvids
But they are eating stuff like no tomorrow I shall have to elk it out somewhat under the next delivery comes

[Psmith]

@Muddy

Gosh how lucky you are these are quite a rare bird .

We rarely ever saw them but the pine trees which were planted as wind breaks year ago are being cut down everywhere.They like the seeds in pine cones and we’ve still got some trees left around here and we are benefiting from their search for food.So it’s not good really.

[AnnieS]

@Muddy

My garden now is shades of Alfred Hitchcock back yard with the corvids
But they are eating stuff like no tomorrow I shall have to elk it out somewhat under the next delivery comes

That sounds scary. We only get those occasionally and usually just the one. They frighten the little birds away and even the squirrels run off.

[AnnieS]

The garden is alive all the time with squirrels, small birds, some pigeons. In the Autumn my favourite were two visiting Jays. So beautiful. They like peanuts and sunflower hearts but for some reason none of them like the mixed birdseeds much.

[Muddy]

I don’t put peanuts out because they get left and go mouldy which is bad for birds. We used to have a squirrel a few years back ( he liked the peanuts ) but he doesn’t come anymore.

Yes the rooks jackdaws and crows come like a black cloud in large nos but they don’t eat the small seeds so the little birds come out once they are gone .

I also put out Niger seeds as I understand finches like them but they seem to get left .

Haven’t seen a jay for years .

[Mups]

@Muddy

I don’t put peanuts out because they get left and go mouldy which is bad for birds. We used to have a squirrel a few years back ( he liked the peanuts ) but he doesn’t come anymore.

Yes the rooks jackdaws and crows come like a black cloud in large nos but they don’t eat the small seeds so the little birds come out once they are gone .

I also put out Niger seeds as I understand finches like them but they seem to get left .

Haven’t seen a jay for years .

Same happens here with the Niger seed Muddy, it always got left so I don’t buy it any more.

[Tiffany]

@Psmith

We were awoken to an awful racket.Two young Black Cockatoos demanding to be fed by their parents and they were all in the tree outside our window.They like the small grubs under the bark and it took a long time before they were satisfied.

How brilliant to get Cockatoos in the garden.

@Muddy

My garden now is shades of Alfred Hitchcock back yard with the corvids
But they are eating stuff like no tomorrow I shall have to elk it out somewhat under the next delivery comes

Same here, they frighten off the little birds too.

@AnnieS

The garden is alive all the time with squirrels, small birds, some pigeons. In the Autumn my favourite were two visiting Jays. So beautiful. They like peanuts and sunflower hearts but for some reason none of them like the mixed birdseeds much.

I saw a Squirrel just now i next doors garden, but it didn’t come here, don’t think it’s twigged yet that I have food now.

@Muddy

I don’t put peanuts out because they get left and go mouldy which is bad for birds. We used to have a squirrel a few years back ( he liked the peanuts ) but he doesn’t come anymore.

Yes the rooks jackdaws and crows come like a black cloud in large nos but they don’t eat the small seeds so the little birds come out once they are gone .

I also put out Niger seeds as I understand finches like them but they seem to get left .

Haven’t seen a jay for years .

I find peanuts don’t get eaten too. Niger seeds too, they used to be eaten by the Goldfinches, but now they seem to prefer husk free Sunflower seeds.

@Mups

Same happens here with the Niger seed Muddy, it always got left so I don’t buy it any more.

I have no idea why the Goldfinches don’t eat the Niger now.

[Tiffany]

The male Blackcap came back.

[Muddy]

I have never seen a blackcap .

[Tiffany]

@Muddy

I have never seen a blackcap .

We get them in Winter, Muddy, most of the year they live in woodland, but they’ve learnt that gardens have food when they can’t find it anywhere else.
A few years ago & the first & only time I saw both male & female together. The female has a brown head. I think they mate for life.