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Cappy 5 months, 1 week ago

I put out a feeder to give my cats something to watch out the window.

LogicMan 5 months, 1 week ago

Water might be in great need these days.

queequeg 5 months, 1 week ago

Definitely. I had a cardinal taking a bath in my dogs little water dish a few weeks ago.

Paul R. Getto 5 months, 1 week ago

I feed and water year-round.

grammaddy 5 months, 1 week ago

No bird feeder, but all stale bread and leftover popcorn gets scattered across the back yard for our outdoor friends.

DougCounty 5 months, 1 week ago

The birds at my feeder are voracious these days. Doesn't seem like there's much out there to eat.

Taking turns--at least sometimes by DougCounty

geekin_topekan 5 months, 1 week ago

No but its always fun to sprinkle dog food around the neighbors yard at night.

3up3down 5 months, 1 week ago

I don't have enough tuppence to feed the birds. Besides, if you feed the birds, all you will have is fat birds. ---- Mary Poppins

Liberty275 5 months, 1 week ago

I thought the birds went south for the winter. We were going to in the spring, but if there are still birds around we might do it earlier.

DougCounty 5 months, 1 week ago

Some stick around all winter, forming winter flocks of mixed species who look for food together, which makes a winter bird feeder so interesting. Others you see at the bird feeders now HAVE flown south, i.e. they've come from points north and are overwintering around here in milder climes than those where they spend their summers.

Tomato 5 months, 1 week ago

They definitely hang out all year. Here are some outside the window during a snowstorm here in Lawrence.

by Tomato

George_Braziller 5 months, 1 week ago

I used to put out a bird feeder during the winter but the squirrels would either eat all the seed in a few hours or destroy the feeder to get to it. Now I just scatter seed on the ground.

Cappy 5 months, 1 week ago

The right feeder in the right place can get around that. Mine hangs under an eave they can't easily reach and has openings that close when too much weight is on the feeder. They're not a problem now and when I fill the feeder I put out a little for the squirrels in sympathy.

George_Braziller 5 months, 1 week ago

I've tried various feeders in different locations. They always figure out a way to get to the seed. They're crafty little bastards. I've seen them hang upside down to get past the ones that close with too much weight.

Had one on a shepherd's hook in an open area and they still got to the feeder so I greased the pole with some vaseline. It worked but I had to keep doing it because they would keep trying to climb it and would wear it off. However it was extremely entertaining watching them try to climb it when it was freshly greased. They'd get up a couple of feet and then just slide down.

westcl 5 months, 1 week ago

Cardinals, chick-a-dees, and sparrows do not migrate. We had several Cardinals at our birdfeeder all winter long.

It is expensive to keep a bird feeder full . I don't have a pet so the birds are my fun watch.

Squirrels are a definite problem.

Starlight 5 months ago

I have shot 52 bushy tailed tree rats in the last year yet there were three more emptying the feeders yesterday. The squirrels have been feed for the foxes, raccoon and skunk that the trail cam has captured hauling off the carcasses. Check out the neighbor's cat trying to keep this fox from dinner: http://youtu.be/aSg0SFGaPUg