Hello I'm John, nice forum you have here!
I'm a groundsman at a large site and thought educating myself on birds is a good move. Since I started the job last year I cleared a fence of thick shrubbery in December which I noticed had old and current small nests in, two of which had fresh bird poop beneath them. I didn't really think anything of it but did feel a bit bad once I had completed the job. It was then voiced to me over the coming days after that what I had done was wrong by a few members employed on the site. One even donated 10 bird boxes and told me where to hang each one which I did.
Since then I have been putting out wild bird feed at work with mixed results, but recently wanted to do more at home to help. So i've erected a bird bath, a sunflower feeder (dehusked) and a mealworm (soaked) feeder outside my bedroom window. The attention I've received is extremely positive to the point its almost overwhelming. I seem to have only one client though which I've identified as the blackbird. They come as a hoard, or sorry flock! Even though i've only had the mealworm feeder up a couple days the contents are getting demolished, I literally put about 80g of mealworm out this morning at 8 and already by 10am its completely gone. There's a lot of fighting over the food aswell.
So just wanted general tips on if I'm doing anything wrong. Is it possible to over feed the birds? Should I establish more feeders so more birds can feed at once since they come in a flock? I've got another 100g of mealworms soaking now and will put them out in a bit, this is getting a little expensive though!
Also, recommendations on cleaning bird poop. It's everywhere!
Cheers,
John
I'm a groundsman at a large site and thought educating myself on birds is a good move. Since I started the job last year I cleared a fence of thick shrubbery in December which I noticed had old and current small nests in, two of which had fresh bird poop beneath them. I didn't really think anything of it but did feel a bit bad once I had completed the job. It was then voiced to me over the coming days after that what I had done was wrong by a few members employed on the site. One even donated 10 bird boxes and told me where to hang each one which I did.
Since then I have been putting out wild bird feed at work with mixed results, but recently wanted to do more at home to help. So i've erected a bird bath, a sunflower feeder (dehusked) and a mealworm (soaked) feeder outside my bedroom window. The attention I've received is extremely positive to the point its almost overwhelming. I seem to have only one client though which I've identified as the blackbird. They come as a hoard, or sorry flock! Even though i've only had the mealworm feeder up a couple days the contents are getting demolished, I literally put about 80g of mealworm out this morning at 8 and already by 10am its completely gone. There's a lot of fighting over the food aswell.
So just wanted general tips on if I'm doing anything wrong. Is it possible to over feed the birds? Should I establish more feeders so more birds can feed at once since they come in a flock? I've got another 100g of mealworms soaking now and will put them out in a bit, this is getting a little expensive though!
Also, recommendations on cleaning bird poop. It's everywhere!
Cheers,
John
