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bigwillq

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7. The squirrels eat most of our feed.

Reply to TexasProgresive (Reply #3)

Wed Dec 31, 2014, 12:02 PM

Dec 2014

LOL

We even put out peanut butter sandwiches for them. I heard if you do that, they will eat the sandwiches and stay away from the feed. Nope. They eat the sandwiches and then go to the feeder. But it's all good. I enjoy feeding all of the wildlife.

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Where are the birds???? [View all] dixiegrrrrl Dec 2014 OP

They're all at my house TexasProgresive Dec 2014 #1

At mine too! bigwillq Dec 2014 #2

We haven't see squirrels around for several years. TexasProgresive Dec 2014 #3

may I transport wildlife across state lines? I have about 50 in my yard you can have! zazen Dec 2014 #6

Nah! It's not that there are no squirrels in the area, just not at my house. TexasProgresive Dec 2014 #14

I have a lab mix... Whiskeytide Dec 2014 #41

The squirrels eat most of our feed. bigwillq Dec 2014 #7

now that you mention it, I haven't had as many, to be sure zazen Dec 2014 #4

I live 90 miles north of Mobile dixiegrrrrl Dec 2014 #18

My feeders have been unusually busy this month William Seger Dec 2014 #5

Do the doves eat from the feeders? TexasProgresive Dec 2014 #17

I have an open, flat tray for the ground-feeders. William Seger Dec 2014 #20

Doves here in Katy TX do KatyMan Dec 2014 #28

They are ground feeders at least in our neck of the world....La Crosse, Wi a kennedy Dec 2014 #36

No problem in Boston area. R. Daneel Olivaw Dec 2014 #8

Tied a huge chuck of suet outside.... Historic NY Dec 2014 #9

No problem here in Flagstaff, although it's snowing right now, so they're not so active. GGJohn Dec 2014 #10

Here in PA ours are around. johnp3907 Dec 2014 #11

Hello from Seaman, Ohio. SamKnause Dec 2014 #12

Very few sparrows in South Carolina johnnyreb Dec 2014 #13

This does not sound good. dixiegrrrrl Dec 2014 #19

We have the usual mob -- rogerashton Dec 2014 #15

Looking for birds in NW Florida packman Dec 2014 #16

Wow 2naSalit Dec 2014 #23

Here 2naSalit Dec 2014 #21

here's some byrds belzabubba333 Dec 2014 #22

One of my favorites!! n/t 2naSalit Dec 2014 #24

Do geese count? onehandle Dec 2014 #25

Yes and No Hari Seldon Dec 2014 #26

Based on what my cats have brought in, I can definitely say there are birds... brooklynite Dec 2014 #27

Bushs' "Clear Skies Initiative" finally paying off I suppose. n/t brewens Dec 2014 #29

Do you have any snow on the ground? B Calm Dec 2014 #30

Warm winter, no snow. dixiegrrrrl Dec 2014 #33

They are all in my mother's shrubs BumRushDaShow Dec 2014 #31

I have noticed there are fewer than usual, too. femmocrat Dec 2014 #32

Now that you mentioned it, I usually see thousands of birds this time Rex Dec 2014 #34

I can't keep my feeder full Brother Buzz Dec 2014 #35

we good MFM008 Dec 2014 #37

I have lots of cardinals, I would say more than normal in fact. DawgHouse Dec 2014 #38

Birds and TreeRats all over the place here in FL. nt greytdemocrat Dec 2014 #39

I've seen quite a few Bohemian waxwings, Blue_In_AK Dec 2014 #40