Bird feeders

[Anji]

I have three bird feeders - one each for nuts, mixed seed and black sunflower seeds. This morning I had run out of the sunflower seeds and so filled that feeder with mixed seed instead. It was hilarious to watch one of my regular greenfinches madly throwing all the seed out as he searched for his daily feed. Within an hour, that feeder was empty and other birds were tucking into the pile of seed on the ground underneath.
I really must make time to get out for some black sunflower seeds, or that greenfinch will leave home!

[cazmanian_minx]

How much do your birds go through? I put feeders up for the first time at the weekend and the ones round here have gone through 4kg of mixed seed and 1kg of peanuts in a week - I'm refilling two or three times a day on the seed!

I'm loving watching them, but I'm not sure I can afford them!

[the_count]

If i thought the birds would come up to an upper floor flat window i would put feeders out. maybe i will give it a try later on this year and see what happens and you never know i might even post pictures lol

[Anji]

If i thought the birds would come up to an upper floor flat window i would put feeders out. maybe i will give it a try later on this year and see what happens and you never know i might even post pictures lol

Birds will go anywhere there is food (unless there's a cat around!). Why wait until later in the year? They need lots of food just now as many are still feeding fledglings.

[cazmanian_minx]

I think I'm going to have to go to Wick and load up with the 25kg bags from Pets At Home once a month!

Count - give it a go, you never know.

A couple of my pics from this afternoon:

[Anji]

[quote=cazmanian_minx;398430]I think I'm going to have to go to Wick and load up with the 25kg bags from Pets At Home once a month!

A couple of my pics from this afternoon:

Great photos!
In fact, the big bags of bird food from Pets At Home usually work out more expensive per kilo than the one kilo bags in the paper shop in Bridge Street, Wick. Unfortunately, the paper shop doesn't sell niger seeds, and they attract some colourful birds.
By the way, don't tell my OH, but I often have to replenish my stocks midweek as well. You wouldn't think such little creatures could eat so much.

[the_count]

Birds will go anywhere there is food (unless there's a cat around!). Why wait until later in the year? They need lots of food just now as many are still feeding fledglings.

And therein lies the problem lol we have two cats and they love to sit on the windowsill especially if i put bread out for the gulls .... just wish i had filmed the herring gull ginger cat confrontation lol once the gull realised it was safe ish it was beak to nose with the cat lol .... so funny

[Anji]

And therein lies the problem lol we have two cats and they love to sit on the windowsill especially if i put bread out for the gulls .... lol ....

Ah, well, best give it a miss then. Otherwise you'll end up feeding the cats rather than the birds.

[Anji]

I'm scared to add up how much I spend, but I usually buy a kilo of nuts, seeds and sunflower seeds most weekends. I buy fat in the winter, too. OH says I spend more on those birds than I do on him - and he's right!