Nature & Wildlife Thread

[GBBUDD]

Guess I don't know who mini Mike is. Ok so I went and googled it and came up w/...................Bloomberg? I forgot he was given a new name by the prez,lol! But what is the licking of the fingers? I never heard that one.

it was a video at one of his rallies or dinner not sure which but they had a bunch of pizzas and he grabbed half a piece put the other back and licked all five fingers like a little kid would. then went for a second piece with the same licked fingers. rather nasty.......

 

[Burd]

Briskly morning munchin. Going through a gallon of deer pellets a night. The whole gang stopped back this morning fir a bite. Lol

 

[Burd]

Yesterday, we finished the siding, huge mess by the feeders, no one could eat all day. A young squirrel came by for peanuts at 8 pm last night While I was trying to clean up. The deer this morning went and checked out the mess I didn’t get to yet. Lol
one squirrel was in the patio when all the deer walked up. He wasn’t sure. Lol

 

[BobDE]

So Mike came back this morning and brought Michelle with him. Since I am not as fast as they want me to be, they just sat on top of the netting? I think that they are looking for a place for Michelle's nest.

 

[addy1]

We put out deer blocks in the back field, the birds, opossum , squirrels and deer all love them.

They bed down in the field, we can have from 1 to 14 at a time.

 

[Burd]

I saw 5 does last night, rite at dusk, they all came to the feeder for a bite. They must have came back late, all the deer pellets were gone, I put some carrots and cut up apples out. the feeder was empty I the morning.

 

[j.w]

All we have is tons and tons of Robins! Chasing, fighting over whatever all over the yard. I put out all the bird baths today and now they are fighting over all those and I have lots!

 

[Burd]

The black birds have taken over the feeder again, grackles and red wingers. even starlings are here now.

 

[GBBUDD]

Blue jays here and krackles

 

[mrsclem]

Cowbirds are driving my cats crazy. We have a feeder attached to the window and one way film so cats can see birds but birds can't see cats. I suspect film does not work cause it seems like birds are tormenting cats pecking and chirping at windows!

 

[addy1]

We get flocks of cow birds, I dislike them once I found out they steal nests from the other birds, toss out the other birds eggs and lay their own. Then the poor parents are raising cow birds.

 

[BKHpondcritters]

Cowbirds are driving my cats crazy. We have a feeder attached to the window and one way film so cats can see birds but birds can't see cats. I suspect film does not work cause it seems like birds are tormenting cats pecking and chirping at windows!

Does the film make the window reflective on the birds' side? If so, they might be pecking at themselves (birds will 'fight' their reflection during nesting season because they think it's a rival bird)

 

[BKHpondcritters]

We get flocks of cow birds, I dislike them once I found out they steal nests from the other birds, toss out the other birds eggs and lay their own. Then the poor parents are raising cow birds.

We get a few cowbirds here & I agree with you - I don't like them because of the whole 'lazy nesting' thing. But we do have many, many other types of birds in & around the area that also reproduce successfully, so I guess they have found a balance.

 

[addy1]

Same here, we have tons of birds. The cow birds come in huge flocks then just poof away like in a cycle.

 

[Burd]

I just went out to flip my brats on the grill, and a doe Was in the squirrel feeder eating. Scared both of us. She was rite on the patio. Lol