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Last year they cleared the berries off our hollies in no time flat then pooped all over my driveway, car and one side of the house. It was a mess. There were so many of them. I sort of home they don't show up this year.
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wow and I WAS happy to see my woodpecker & my cardinals.  That is very nice photpgraphy, Sheri. You are a lucky lady to be able to see all of those. 
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Well I guess I don't notice the poop b/c it all goes to the yard....at least on my side....can't speak for the neighbors, but then again....they don't even notice all the beautiful birds around.....they are missing out!
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I have been trying my best to care for an injured one for a few weeks. (I named him Pud). The neighbor's cat murdered Pud yesterday...  So sorry, Bill.......
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You got some great shots of some mighty chilly birds, Sheri.
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Gosh Bill, I'm sorry about that. Our cat kills birds too. She killed an eastern bluebird a few weeks ago and I nearly had a coronary. We had put up a bluebird box last spring and babied that box along and had 3 sets of fledglings and then to have one murdered. I don't know why some cats are such hunters. Thank you Juniegirl. It's great to see cardinals and woodpeckers. I don't see many woodpeckers. I'm going to put some peanut butter on a tree and see if they come to dinner.
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That IS a Brown Thrasher. Your mystery bird is a Dark-Eyed Junco.
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That bright yellow bird is a Pine Warbler, the one next to it is a Chipping Sparrow.
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awwwwwwwwww so sorry Bill about Pud 
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I don't see many woodpeckers. I'm going to put some peanut butter on a tree and see if they come to dinner. I have a lot of woodpeckers,, Sheri Get some Peanut suet or make some,, they LOVE it!
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Thanks Thornius. I don't think I'll ever learn. The brown thrasher and wood thrush look alike to me. I didn't even know I had dark eyed Juncos around here. Live and learn.
Diane, still reading my Birds and Blooms magazine and there's an article about spreading peanut butter on the truck of a tree, up high, so the birds feel safe. If you get it high enough they won't fly away as quickly as they do from a feeder. I'm gonna give that a try.
do you see them every day?
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yes I either hear them or see them daily Both at home and at work. Well I guess I'll get a ladder and smear Peanut butter,, But I bet the red squirrels get it first, they are trying their best to get into the suet cage 
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What do you just smear pnut butter on something for them? Our cats help the birds eat. Today it was leftover potato chips. Cats ate the ones on the ground. b
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The article said to smear it on the tree trunk but Diane is right. The squirrels will have a picnic - not gonna do it.
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 I wont do it I wont do it. No trunk smears here....Anyways I eat my pnut butter. They can have leftovers. the squirrels have their own nuts out there. My butter nut trees an acornso or some thing . THey hid them in our garage some times. One stored them on the air cleaner of my car.. I cleaned the garage an the butternuts were everywhere. Even in hd helmets . lol 
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I also Put peanut butter on apple slices the mocking birds like it other birds pick at it and the Bluejays carry off what is left I place it in-between the slats of the wood fence It's so funny to see the squirrel pull at it, I push it down pretty snug 
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Peanuts, peanut butter, and Black Oil Sunflower seeds are about the best things you can use in your feeders. In the U.K. they mainly use shelled peanuts in wire cages for the birds. Here, we use more Black Oil Sunflower seeds. Even the suet I use has high concentrations of peanut butter and BOSS (Black Oil Sunflower seeds)!.
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Hope those birds appreciat us ..
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dont I hear that--Here, Thistle is $2.00 a pound. 
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Pricey indeed. Beats me why..
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I put out apple slices with peanut butter in my platform feeder. I've never seen a woodpecker in it though.
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dont I hear that--Here, Thistle is $2.00 a pound. WOW  I pay 2.89 for an 8 lb bag, I mix it in with safflower seeds so it goes a long way in the feeders, you need to come here Carol and get some thistle
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Pricey indeed. Beats me why..
b and this was the seed in bulk---crazy I say...
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WOW I pay 2.89 for an 8 lb bag, I mix it in with safflower seeds so it goes a long way in the feeders, you need to come here Carol and get some thistle hey, one excuse is as good as another right?? Diane, I really thin thie place I bought the thistel is making out like a bandit. I think bulk thistle is 99 cents for bulk at the local farm store.--I think I just made my last trip to The Ace Hardware for thistle
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TSC (Tractor Supply Company) has the BEST feed prices. I get a 50 pound bag of Black Oil Sunflower seed there for about $14.00 and a three month supply of Rabbit Chow for TWO rabbits for $10.00. and I love to wander the aisles there and look at all the weird and cool farm stuff!
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Thanks for the information, Thorny.
We have a Tractor Supply and a Rural King close to us (both the same really)
I will compre prices--thanks again.
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I love going to Tractor Supply.
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TSC (Tractor Supply Company) has the BEST feed prices. and I love to wander the aisles there and look at all the weird and cool farm stuff! Me too Thorny they have items you can't find anywhere else,, Like Sheep manure for compost,,  and for tilling in your gardens, I love sheep manure Baaaaaaaaaaaa They have Huge bags of worm castings and odds and ends of a little bit of everything, Love those stores!
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I use Rabbit manure and the shredded newspaper from their cages for my flowers and the poorer soil areas of my yard. The results are amazing!
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Diane, thanks for the information. I will be sure to look around in mine the next time I am in that part of the woods.
Thorny: back when we had a rabbit, I used to dump his cage out in my garden in the winter time.
I thought it helped it too.
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well, today I saw what I "think" was a male hairy woodpecker at my suet feeder. I got out my sibly's & that is waht I think it w. Now, if it was, I guess my female WP that has been coming around might well be a female hairy huh??? 
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Did the male appear lots bigger ? The one with a red v on the head was sleeping on my feeder.....Today.. It was swinging away an I think he went into his slumber.
I got photos , not posted.
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Could be! Check the bill. A Hairy's bill is the length of the head. The Downy's bill is about 1/3 the length of the head. Also a Hairy is 1 1/2 times bigger than a Downy. A Hairy is close to a Robin in size while a Downy is more of a Sparrow-sized bird
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Good heavens , Thought You were sending a Bill.......... Your right . Big mouths an they wrap around the feeder. Ole lazy wanted to sleep on it today..........Sleep on it not in it.
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what made me wonder, Thornmy was the bill, yes it sure was long. and both birds were larger than a sparrow so hairy they were.....Thanks. the male is not too afraid of the starlings either---stuck it out for a good while before he left...
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Who says Mourning doves don't eat from tube Feeders? ![[Linked Image]](http://i580.photobucket.com/albums/ss241/2thtek2/Birds/mouringdoveshoggingitall.jpg) I have to fill it almost everyday ~~~~~~~~ another butterbutt ![[Linked Image]](http://i580.photobucket.com/albums/ss241/2thtek2/Birds/bbutt.jpg) ~~~~~~~~ Thorny is this an Egret?? Huge grey bird and with wide wing span. ![[Linked Image]](http://i580.photobucket.com/albums/ss241/2thtek2/Birds/birdandworm007.jpg)
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Not an Egret, but a Great Blue Heron a close relative of the Egrets. They are very common next to water. In the South we have more of them in Winter than in Summer. The Northern herons migrate into the South. They are superb and graceful flyers despite their HUGE size. I ALWAYS try to catch them in flight.
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Wow
Angelblossom you were on the ballo there .
caught them in flight.
Doves ate out of my feeder too . But one at a time.
Go girl get more.
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Your pictures are pretty. I love the dove picture especially.
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Thank you Sheri
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