Josie MacDaddy wrote:

> 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.


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