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Birds galore!! (Original Post) LakeArenal May 2018 OP
Oh My Goodness elfin May 2018 #1
wow RockRaven May 2018 #2
Lovely colors Demovictory9 May 2018 #3
What do you have in the bowls? Frustratedlady May 2018 #4
Mine eat oranges, grape jelly LakeArenal May 2018 #5
OK, I was wondering if one bowl had meal worms. Frustratedlady May 2018 #6
No meal worms in the bowls.. Grape jelly in bowls. LakeArenal May 2018 #7
Neat. I didn't think about mixing them with dry seed. I'll try that. Thx! Frustratedlady May 2018 #8
EVERYONE eats the worms. LakeArenal May 2018 #9
Thanks again for the information. Frustratedlady May 2018 #10
Life is Good.. Have a nice day.. LakeArenal May 2018 #11
Who's the little red bird at the end? WhiteTara May 2018 #12
A sweet little scarlet tanager. 😊 LakeArenal May 2018 #13
I know they live in our area but I've never WhiteTara May 2018 #14
Long years of non threatening treatment. LakeArenal May 2018 #15
Our first tanager showed up at the feeder today! WhiteTara May 2018 #17
Whoop there it is!!!! LakeArenal May 2018 #18
It was exciting. We have 2 cats WhiteTara May 2018 #20
A trifecta of color TNNurse May 2018 #16
Let me know when you travel to central WI !!!! LakeArenal May 2018 #19
Tanagers TuxedoKat May 2018 #21
Steaming coulees! Call me seriously impressed. Ellipsis May 2018 #22
Wow! gaiadiversity Jun 2018 #23

RockRaven

(14,782 posts)
2. wow
Tue May 8, 2018, 12:02 AM
May 2018

grosbeak, oriole, tanager...

The only ones of those (even tangentially) I get regularly is the black-headed grosbeak.

Frustratedlady

(16,254 posts)
4. What do you have in the bowls?
Tue May 8, 2018, 12:40 AM
May 2018

I'm really enjoying the birds, this year. We are getting different ones than normal. I need to list them as dependents.

Do your orioles eat the oranges? Mine won't, which surprises me.

LakeArenal

(28,713 posts)
5. Mine eat oranges, grape jelly
Tue May 8, 2018, 01:13 AM
May 2018

Humming bird water. This year the dried meal worms are a hit.

So fortunate in the birds.

Frustratedlady

(16,254 posts)
6. OK, I was wondering if one bowl had meal worms.
Tue May 8, 2018, 08:54 AM
May 2018

I bought a bag, last year, but never put them out. I couldn't figure out what I could put them in where they wouldn't blow out since we have a pretty strong breeze most of the time. Do you just wet them down? Wouldn't they soon dry out and blow out of the bowl?

The orioles AND cardinals hit the grape jelly pretty hard.

LakeArenal

(28,713 posts)
7. No meal worms in the bowls.. Grape jelly in bowls.
Tue May 8, 2018, 10:42 AM
May 2018

The bowls attach with florist clay and pull right up after the season.. I mix the meal worms with the other seed and they blow less. I also mix with seeds and place in a mess basket bird feeder.
One winter the bluebirds wintered over in central WI. It was so freaky seeing them huddled over the heated bath. We threw meal worms in the water then to reconstitute them and the Bluebirds ate them all winter. The worms were really expensive then and I could find them only at the ritzy pet shop. $20 a pound then. Now they are at Walmart for $9

Frustratedlady

(16,254 posts)
8. Neat. I didn't think about mixing them with dry seed. I'll try that. Thx!
Tue May 8, 2018, 10:49 AM
May 2018

I would LOVE to have bluebirds. My daughter lives a couple miles from me and she has 3 bluebird families each year in her birdhouses. They are such happy birds to have around...always bring a smile to my face.

LakeArenal

(28,713 posts)
9. EVERYONE eats the worms.
Tue May 8, 2018, 11:08 AM
May 2018

I have robins come up for them. Titmouse, nuthatches, peckers, all of them.. Robins can eat a half cup in one sitting.

The red headed woodpecker will even stop occasionally for worms..

Frustratedlady

(16,254 posts)
10. Thanks again for the information.
Tue May 8, 2018, 11:18 AM
May 2018

I will certainly add the worms to the dry seeds and see what happens.

Right now, I'm watching for a new fawn I think was born, last night in my timber. I don't want to go outside just yet and make the doe apprehensive if she's nearby. Last year, she left twins at the base of an oak tree. They were so much fun to watch.

WhiteTara

(29,676 posts)
14. I know they live in our area but I've never
Tue May 8, 2018, 10:56 PM
May 2018

had one come to our feeders or garden. How do you get them to be so social?

LakeArenal

(28,713 posts)
15. Long years of non threatening treatment.
Tue May 8, 2018, 11:04 PM
May 2018

We have a screenhouse ten feet away and they will arrive with us and our dog in it. Took a long time. Cardinals and red headed woodpeckers are shy as well.

Today an indigo bunting blew through. I’ll have to try to keep my camera close.

WhiteTara

(29,676 posts)
17. Our first tanager showed up at the feeder today!
Wed May 9, 2018, 09:35 AM
May 2018

How incredible. I'm waiting for the feeder to clear and then I'll go out and clean and add food and jelly and oranges. How lovely!

LakeArenal

(28,713 posts)
18. Whoop there it is!!!!
Wed May 9, 2018, 11:11 AM
May 2018

You must be giving them the right vibe.
You must not have a cat. Hope he comes back. The female is so plain. Hard to recognize. 🌞😉❣️

WhiteTara

(29,676 posts)
20. It was exciting. We have 2 cats
Wed May 9, 2018, 07:43 PM
May 2018

but this is the first year that I knew to put out grape jelly as a lure and I've stocked the feeder with song bird



TNNurse

(6,911 posts)
16. A trifecta of color
Wed May 9, 2018, 08:52 AM
May 2018

Rose Breasted Grosbeak...Baltimore Oriole...Scarlet Tanager.

I am so very jealous. We get the grosbeaks in East TN, but have to travel to see the others.

LakeArenal

(28,713 posts)
19. Let me know when you travel to central WI !!!!
Wed May 9, 2018, 11:14 AM
May 2018

TN? That’s some beautiful country. Almost moved to Chattanooga.

TuxedoKat

(3,818 posts)
21. Tanagers
Fri May 11, 2018, 08:22 AM
May 2018

like to be near a stream on the edge of woods. Baltimore Orioles like water too -- slice some oranges in half and stick them on some tree branches and you may attract them to your yard -- or you may get Catbirds or Mockingbirds, and some Woodpeckers like oranges too. I saw a Red-bellied Woodpecker enjoying one yesterday. I get the first two in my yard (Grosbeaks and Orioles) but have never seen a Tanager in my area.

Ellipsis

(9,123 posts)
22. Steaming coulees! Call me seriously impressed.
Fri May 11, 2018, 09:40 AM
May 2018

Never seen that much unique color before. Its amazing the bird calls you here around here.

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