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Birders

Donkees

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4. I don't hand feed even in warmer weather, but they are very friendly. They have plenty of feeders...

Reply to Walleye (Reply #3)

Mon Feb 14, 2022, 05:10 PM

Feb 2022

and there are several squirrels, but not as many as in previous years. Right now, starlings have arrived with this blast of frigid weather, but they are eating the cornmeal mush/rendered suet mix I made for them and not raiding the feeders.

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🌻❤️ Chickadee [View all] Donkees Feb 2022 OP

I love chickadees and their buzzy little song Walleye Feb 2022 #1

I offer them shelled sunflower hearts, to save them time in frigid weather :) Donkees Feb 2022 #2

I'm sure they love it. At least in your hand the squirrels won't get to it Walleye Feb 2022 #3

I don't hand feed even in warmer weather, but they are very friendly. They have plenty of feeders... Donkees Feb 2022 #4

Yeah plenty of starlings here. They will decimate a suet cake. Walleye Feb 2022 #5

When things get out of hand, I place some feeders inside crab trap cages to limit entry Donkees Feb 2022 #6

Crab trap is a good idea, I might try it sometime. These squirrels are wily little devils Walleye Feb 2022 #7