On Sat, 15 May 2021 16:51:54 -0400, jmcquown >
wrote:

>On 5/15/2021 1:59 PM, Sheldon Martin wrote:
>> On Sat, 15 May 2021 09:46:13 -0700 (PDT), dsi1
>> > wrote:
>>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> On 5/15/2021 7:04 AM, Sheldon Martin wrote:
>>>>> On Fri, 14 May 2021 18:31:25 -0400, jmcquown >
>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> On 5/14/2021 12:17 PM, Sheldon Martin wrote:
>>>>>>> Tractor Supply Stores have a sale on Bird Feeding Stuffs... got 2 bird
>>>>>>> seed feeders and seed, 2 hummingbird nector feeders and nector. I can
>>>>>>> spend hours there looking.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>> I'd rather spend those hours looking at the *birds*.
>>>>>
>>>>> I do both. Winters here are long and hard so I stock up on seed at
>>>>> sale time. > I used to make nector but it's cheap enough to buy it
>>>>> ready made, and the brand I buy already contains the minerals and
>>>>> vitamins for proper egg shell formation.
>>>>>
>>>> Hummingbirds get nutrition from many other sources. They eat a lot of
>>>> small insects.
>>>>>> During warm months I don't offer seed or suet; there are plenty of
>>>>>> sources of food once the weather warms up. What keeps them coming
>>>>>> around at all times of the year is the bird bath which is always filled
>>>>>> with fresh water. I love watching them splish-splash around in the bath.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> It doesn't (often) get cold enough for the water to freeze in the bath
>>>>>> where I live now but it did in west TN. I have a small heater for the
>>>>>> bath I used then.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Jill
>>>>>
>>>>> I use one of those plastic snow coasters as a bird bath, a small
>>>>> heater is added during winter. During warm weather the birds prefer
>>>>> the many ponds here, they especially like the shallow vernal ponds.
>>>>>
>>>> Yes, you have fresh water ponds. I live on one of a string of sea
>>>> islands surrounded by salt marshes. Even the tidal creeks are mostly
>>>> salt water. Yes, birds always find sources of fresh water but it's the
>>>> the bird bath that keeps them coming to my patio year round.
>>>>
>>>> No seed out at this time of year. Just this morning I've seen tufted
>>>> titmice, a mated pair of cardinals, Carolina chickadees all coming to
>>>> take a sip and a dip in the bird bath.
>>>
>>>
>>> Uh, why do you have to turn a pleasant avian conversation into a "contest".
>>
>(piggybacking, sorry Sheldon)
>
>I didn't turn anything into a contest, Mr. Hawaii. We were discussing
>birds and habitats in our different regions and you decided to turn
>troll. Go buy some more fried fish with cabbage buried underneath and
>don't dare eat the cabbage.
>
>Jill

My new seed feeders are working nicely... only all the fallen seeds
are scoffed by the Canada geese. Oh well, can't blame them.