I have been feeding black oil sunflower seeds in shell, peanuts, suet and water. The birds and squirrels love it. Cause we had our first day of cold weather. Temperature today was 41 with rain. They actually emptied both my feeders. Love watching the birds and squirrels eating around each other. The squirrels really like their peace offering on the ground.
Good video. I have to deal with a large population of squirrels, grackles, starlings and house sparrows. I have secured all the feeders on one pole and do not have a problem. My hopper feeder is still overwhelmed with house sparrows. I have tried, safflower, striped sunflower and a mix of the two but the sparrows are still wiping it out each day. I am getting blue jays and the occasional cardinal to this feeder. I have a new magic halo on the way. I have one on my tube feeder that finally stopped the sparrows and I am hoping the new one will do the same for my hopper feeder. The weather has turned cold enough here that the bird bath is frozen each morning so this week's purchase is a heated bird bath. Your videos have really helped me get started with bird feeding.l
My squirrels are really creative, they crawl upside down on the electrical wire to jump onto my feeder. When I discovered them doing this I said let em eat.
Off topic but I thought it was interesting. I didn't know that birds have more rod and cone cells in their eyes and can see more colors and shades than humans.
@@MarksBackyardBirds Nice, I didn't see that one. I'm just a bit north of the store and wanted to pick up an upside down suet feeder. Of the 3 you have on the website, is there a favorite or advantage of one over another?
I have been feeding black oil sunflower seeds in shell, peanuts, suet and water. The birds and squirrels love it. Cause we had our first day of cold weather. Temperature today was 41 with rain. They actually emptied both my feeders. Love watching the birds and squirrels eating around each other. The squirrels really like their peace offering on the ground.
I started putting out chopped roasted peanuts, I think I"ve created a monster. They love them.
Free peanuts are a high reward for them!
Good video. I have to deal with a large population of squirrels, grackles, starlings and house sparrows. I have secured all the feeders on one pole and do not have a problem. My hopper feeder is still overwhelmed with house sparrows. I have tried, safflower, striped sunflower and a mix of the two but the sparrows are still wiping it out each day. I am getting blue jays and the occasional cardinal to this feeder. I have a new magic halo on the way. I have one on my tube feeder that finally stopped the sparrows and I am hoping the new one will do the same for my hopper feeder. The weather has turned cold enough here that the bird bath is frozen each morning so this week's purchase is a heated bird bath. Your videos have really helped me get started with bird feeding.l
I am so glad you like the channel. I hope the halo helps. I've tried them with only limited success.
My squirrels are really creative, they crawl upside down on the electrical wire to jump onto my feeder. When I discovered them doing this I said let em eat.
They are truly entertaining to watch.
Cardinals at the open tray feeder‼️👏‼️👏‼️👏
Their favorite feeding spot
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My tube feeders are overwhelmed with sparrows. The finches are standing in line waiting to eat.
Stay away from any millet in your feeders. Feeding only on the ground or a low platform feeder and see if that lures the sparrows away.
Off topic but I thought it was interesting. I didn't know that birds have more rod and cone cells in their eyes and can see more colors and shades than humans.
They do have a lot more, which results in high acuity. Here is my video on the topic: ruclips.net/video/CLIWwOMSyxQ/видео.html
@@MarksBackyardBirds Nice, I didn't see that one. I'm just a bit north of the store and wanted to pick up an upside down suet feeder. Of the 3 you have on the website, is there a favorite or advantage of one over another?
@@judsonbertoch7928 It really is personal preference really. The one holds two cakes stacked which some like.