On 5/16/2021 8:42 AM, jmcquown wrote:
> On 5/16/2021 5:40 AM, Ophelia wrote:
>> On 15/05/2021 21:51, 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.Â* We were
>>> discussing birds and habitats in our different regions and you
>>> decided to turn troll.Â* Go buy some more fried fish with cabbage
>>> buried underneath and don't dare eat the cabbage.
>>>
>>> Jill
>>
>> ==
>>
>> ====
>>
>> Â*Â*Did you look at the address with Dsi1 ...
>>
>>
> I didn't and I should have.Â* Sorry!
>
> Jill
>
You really suck as a netKKKop.