Feeding the Birds
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From: Smalltown
Do you feed only sunflower seeds, Dave?
I have one feeder that gets sunflower seeds but I also toss in a bit of a mix of seeds with nuts and fruit. It's a popular attraction. Expensive stuff compared to sunflower seeds so it's just a bit of a treat mixed in. The last seed I picked up has sunflower, safflower and some of the striped sunflower seed, we'll see how it goes. I generally don't buy those types of mixes, but my birds seem to like the safflower seeds too, and I often mix some in with the sunflower seeds anyway.
I have one feeder that gets sunflower seeds but I also toss in a bit of a mix of seeds with nuts and fruit. It's a popular attraction. Expensive stuff compared to sunflower seeds so it's just a bit of a treat mixed in. The last seed I picked up has sunflower, safflower and some of the striped sunflower seed, we'll see how it goes. I generally don't buy those types of mixes, but my birds seem to like the safflower seeds too, and I often mix some in with the sunflower seeds anyway.
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From: Mish-she-gan
Do you feed only sunflower seeds, Dave?
I have one feeder that gets sunflower seeds but I also toss in a bit of a mix of seeds with nuts and fruit. It's a popular attraction. Expensive stuff compared to sunflower seeds so it's just a bit of a treat mixed in. The last seed I picked up has sunflower, safflower and some of the striped sunflower seed, we'll see how it goes. I generally don't buy those types of mixes, but my birds seem to like the safflower seeds too, and I often mix some in with the sunflower seeds anyway.
I have one feeder that gets sunflower seeds but I also toss in a bit of a mix of seeds with nuts and fruit. It's a popular attraction. Expensive stuff compared to sunflower seeds so it's just a bit of a treat mixed in. The last seed I picked up has sunflower, safflower and some of the striped sunflower seed, we'll see how it goes. I generally don't buy those types of mixes, but my birds seem to like the safflower seeds too, and I often mix some in with the sunflower seeds anyway.
Just sunflower, thistle, and pecker cakes. 
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Really surprised to see 10 red winged blackbirds in the back yard yesterday..... a couple of them stayed around all day.
Was at my daughters today, and Kathy and I had the pleasure of seeing a mature bald eagle go flying by at about 50 feet up!
Was at my daughters today, and Kathy and I had the pleasure of seeing a mature bald eagle go flying by at about 50 feet up!
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Very cool, Mike.
An eagle was spotted the other week in one of the two spots I head to when I hope to grab a few pics of the egrets. I had been there earlier in the day. Spotted an osprey, but no eagle.
Grabbed a shot of a gold finch too.
An eagle was spotted the other week in one of the two spots I head to when I hope to grab a few pics of the egrets. I had been there earlier in the day. Spotted an osprey, but no eagle.
Grabbed a shot of a gold finch too.
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From: Smalltown
Grabbed them from face book..didn't know they would not re-size.Might we see you at Spring Fling next year? It's been too long!
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From: Delawhere???
And that new 20 lb. lens helps, too!
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From: Mish-she-gan
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It's actually slightly less than 4 lbs. but feels heavier once I walk around with it. It's decent glass, and the newer camera allows for cropping without losing too much clarity. I was pretty close to the goldfinch, the osprey, not so much....
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