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a kennedy

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6. We buy the expensive feed....mostly sunflower seeds....no corn or millet at all......

Reply to jcgoldie (Reply #2)

Fri Oct 22, 2021, 12:56 PM

Oct 2021

had one female cardinal just walking on the deck railing about 5 days ago…….she hasn’t been back. We had cardinals AND gold finches last year lots of them……this year none. 😢

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Ok, I'm done feeding ALL THE DAMN SPARROWS........DONE. 😡 😡 😡 [View all] a kennedy Oct 2021 OP

Sparrows need to eat too. Even if they're not as colorful. (nt) NoRethugFriends Oct 2021 #1

they are invasive and they destroy native populations jcgoldie Oct 2021 #3

Did you try blackoil sunflower seeds? jcgoldie Oct 2021 #2

We buy the expensive feed....mostly sunflower seeds....no corn or millet at all...... a kennedy Oct 2021 #6

cardinals are much more active at feeders in winter where I live jcgoldie Oct 2021 #7

That makes a great visual ! (Holiday "ornaments"!) electric_blue68 Oct 2021 #11

i will trade you some wild turkeys for some sparrows.... samnsara Oct 2021 #4

My grandfather didn't call them sparrows, he called them bullies Walleye Oct 2021 #5

Sparrows are not the most common species of little brown birds at our feeder. hunter Oct 2021 #8

for me markie Oct 2021 #9

I used to feed the sparrows. zanana1 Oct 2021 #10