jmcquown wrote:

> On 5/15/2021 5:23 PM, Sheldon Martin wrote:
> > 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.
> >
> Nope, can't blame them. They gotta eat, too.
>
> Jill


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