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Bird feeders
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02/20/20 03:44 PM
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flee fly
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Set up 5 feeders and have had a great time watching them while sipping on my morning coffee, more varieties of birds around here than I ever thought
byron
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Re: Bird feeders
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#13445489
02/20/20 03:54 PM
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COFF
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I used to really like having them until the squirrels and raccoons found them. They just turned it into a mess.
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Re: Bird feeders
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#13445525
02/20/20 04:19 PM
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Kattelyn
Little Psycho Coffee
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I used to have feeders but also got tired of the mess. Something that surprised me by being such a draw to the yard was the fountain with moving water. I'll have entire flocks of birds come in at once.
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Re: Bird feeders
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#13445528
02/20/20 04:20 PM
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Joined: May 2008
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greenen
Extreme Angler
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Extreme Angler
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Whitewings eat about 5 lbs a day if I keep them full.
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Re: Bird feeders
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#13445595
02/20/20 05:24 PM
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Joined: Mar 2005
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Tallgrass05
bill maher's protege
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bill maher's protege
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Get a Brome Squirrel Buster feeder. When the weight of an animal heavier than a bird is on it, their weight causes a sleeve to shut off the seed ports. I've had one for two years and the squirrels just gave up on even trying.
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Re: Bird feeders
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#13445606
02/20/20 05:29 PM
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Curt0407
TFF Guru
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I agree with TG. I have 3 of the feeders as he described. Squirrels tried for a while and then gave up. I use the black oil sunflower seeds exclusively in the feeders. Living in the woods in East Texas, I get a wide variety of birds that visit.
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Re: Bird feeders
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#13445632
02/20/20 05:50 PM
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Joined: Aug 2012
Posts: 3,540
DCmac
TFF Team Angler
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Summer sugar water for the hummers, seed feeders Dec-Mar for whatever comes along. This year's been a disappointment. One cardinal pair, several mourning and white wing doves, meadowlarks, and hordes of various blackbirds. See squirrels in the yard but the pecans are still dropping nuts so they haven't come up to the house yet. 1st year we've had deer come up to the feeders. Don't see them, visit during the night leaving piles of their calling cards behind. Knocked over the concrete bird bath and busted it all to hail and back.
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Re: Bird feeders
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#13445647
02/20/20 06:01 PM
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David Welcher
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We feed em all, my wife goes thru 50 lbs of bird seed in about 2 weeks. Won't be long and I'll be filling the sugar water for the hummers, they are my favorites. Squirrels, possums and coons are fat around here too, and they do knock over the bird baths at times, but have never broken one.
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Re: Bird feeders
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#13445653
02/20/20 06:07 PM
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Joined: Dec 2012
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lconn4
TFF Guru
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Re: Bird feeders
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#13445656
02/20/20 06:10 PM
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TexDawg
Top Dawg
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Top Dawg
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My pool hot tub is one large birdbath
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Re: Bird feeders
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#13445719
02/20/20 07:02 PM
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flee fly
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Dang Iconn4, you’ve got a zoo going on in your yard!
byron
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Re: Bird feeders
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#13445853
02/20/20 09:22 PM
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Dognot
TFF Celebrity
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My Deer/Bird feeder
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Re: Bird feeders
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#13446112
02/21/20 01:18 AM
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Spiderman
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I admire your pictures except for the raccoons. My wife buys shelled pecans at Sam's and can feed the fox squirrels by hand. She has only been bitten one......lol
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Re: Bird feeders
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#13446135
02/21/20 01:46 AM
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banker-always fishing
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Awesome! Side Note: Seems that your cat gets along well with the fox.skunk, and raccoons . Again
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Re: Bird feeders
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#13446137
02/21/20 01:49 AM
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RayBob
Super Freak
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I throw spilled hen scratch outside my chicken yard several times a week. Lotta feathered critters come for a snack. Now squirrels gettin in the chicken feed troughs can be unhealthy for them.
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