** Who Else Is Feeding Birds This Winter? **

WE had about 90 in the backyard in Christmas day.
biggest group so far. Fat ones..Right now they are like pets.
I feed them on the ground, love to see them scratching around, like little chickens. Little greedy chickens..

The local weather apparently does not believe in global warming, and I have been out shoveling snow every few hours for 2 days, trying to keep one tiny swath to the truck in case I need to get out, another to where my husband parks. In the past, I have purchased special bird food, this year they get bread crumbs and occasionally, I toss some of the chicken's scratch along the sidewalk. I do hope the birds enjoy it, but it is partly for traction, too. This evening, I was visited by dozens of Oregon Juncos and California Quail (damn transplants, ruining the state!) There were so many that even their tiny little bird bodies were enough to melt off the last layer that you can't quite scrape and it turns slicker than snot. I had to get the top 5 or 6 inches, but by golly those birds earned their scratch!

I've been doing it for two years now.

And the squirrels.

Quick story.....last winter was real bad here...I fed deer all winter....100 lbs every other day at my house. This summer I planted an awesome garden, (at my house). Not one deer touched my garden until the first week of October when I told them they could go get what's left...and they did......deer love chard. I really believe there is a respect in the animal kingdom.

Deb

It is cold in Montana these days.

This was recommended by someone on Pasty.com (a web site for the Upper Peninsula of Michigan, altho it may sound like something else!) - supposed to be an excellent squirrel proof feeder. And it's Made in America! I ordered one today. http://www.rollerfeeder.c...

I'm feeding the birds but I am still buying beer.

Everything is an excuse to drink beer. The economy is a definite excuse to drink beer. So is bird feeding.

I'm glad you were able to talk to the birds about Ron Paul but most of them are not registered to vote.

Your posts and comments are continually inspiring and intelligent, legalizeliberty. Thanks for posting this. I will be going to the park this week for bird feeding and watching.
p.s. Your screen name makes me want to laugh/cry.

I enjoy watching them, but I think I need a better feeder. They sling the seed everywhere, wasteful creatures ;p

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all natural food....apples and natural grains, with no preservatives, additives, or chemicals.
That felt good to do.
Thanks for the reminder.

By feeding them processed, empty calories you are depriving them of natural, wholesome foods which they require. Their little tummies can hold only so much and by filling them with junk they have no room for the good stuff and they will actually die! And by the way, it wouldn't hurt for you to also eat some wholesome food! LOL

It's nice to know so many others on DP are into feeding birds, gardening, etc. I feel I have more in common with everyone here than I do with people/friends I see every day. I'm really into nature, gardening, self-sufficiency, etc. and sometimes feel I don't fit in anywhere but here on DP!

I believe there are some bushes you can plant that grow berries in the winter. You can grow bushes that fruit in different seasons. The chickens and birds can forage themselves to supplement their diet. I don't remember the names though. I read it in one of my permaculture books.

we still get...

25 pound bags of sunflower seed probably 4-5 times in the season
10 pound bags of mixed seed probably 4-5 times in the season
2-3 cases of 12 pack suet for the season
bread crumbs from assorted sour dough and multi grain breads
sometimes a 20 pound seed block at least once in the season

And then the bears wake up in the spring, so the whole shebang ends for the season and starts all over again next November!

I'm gonna feed the birds so I can capture 'em and eat 'em when the food shortages come...lol

for an astonishing enlightening thread

Our yard is a registered wildlife habitat
one of the regulations is year round feeding of birds

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get off your asses and do something about it.
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the desert birds, jack-rabbits, coyotes in the desert across the street all the time. I take the expired food & whatever leftovers don't get eaten on time & hike them into the desert. I can hear the coyotes yip at night when their eating the scraps. I put the older veggies outside of the rabbit holes & scatter the old bread around. The coyotes love old sandwiches or pizza. They especially get lots of goodies around the holidays when some leftovers go bad before they get eaten. I love hearing them howl to each other late at night.