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Tired replied to the thread Is Miracle Gro Lawn Food safe?.Granule style fertilizers aren't very good for the environment in general. It's easy for them to run off and get into local waterways... -
Tired replied to the thread Should I move the nest?.If she's built in a location that's bad enough that it makes the nest non-viable, she should abandon the eggs well before they hatch...
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When I put out simple black oil sunflower seeds, primarily for the cardinals in my area, the dove simply will not leave the yard.
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Tired replied to the thread Best seed for doves?.I did some testing with containers of seeds, to see what the doves ate the most of. Safflower seeds go over really well, as do hulled...
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Okay, this is halfway a picture of my cat. The dark tint on the lower part of the window is one-way film. From the outside, it looks...
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Tired replied to the thread "Wheepa-wheel" bird, not quite like Whip-poor-will, in Uvalde, TX.There seem to be several Whip-poor-will-like birds named for their calls, though this one doesn't sound as much like its name as they...
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Tired replied to the thread "Wheepa-wheel" bird, not quite like Whip-poor-will, in Uvalde, TX.Ah, that's it! Thank you. We were wondering what that was. There were quite a lot of these around. I got a glimpse of something...
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Tired replied to the thread Is it safe to Look at clouds with binoculars during the day?.Viewing clouds that aren't immediately next to the sun, with binoculars or not, should be safe. But it can be quite bright and...
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Tired posted the thread "Wheepa-wheel" bird, not quite like Whip-poor-will, in Uvalde, TX in Bird Identification Q&A.Several birds heard at night, separate from each other, in a scrubby, brushy area with low trees. I thought maybe Whip-poor-will, but...
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Tired replied to the thread Orange feather found in field near Wolverhampton, England yesterday.Egyptian Geese aren't that bright orange. This is in fact a feather from a bird, but somebody has dyed it. That's where feathers for...
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Tired replied to the thread "grey" Snowy Egret, Campeche, Mexico.It does look a bit like pigmentation, but I think that's just mud.
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Tired replied to the thread Any (feasible) way to keep feeders up safely with avian flu around?.Can't the avian flu spread between birds if one bird sneezes on another? I coulda sworn I read that it can be droplet-borne for them.
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Tired replied to the thread Leaving my garden feeders for 3 months.Maybe somebody saw that birds may hang around an empty feeder if they know it'll be filled at a certain time of day, and extrapolated it...
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Tired replied to the thread Raw meat bits.The main birds that would be really interested in raw meat are vultures and birds of prey, neither of which should be fed by humans...
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Tired replied to the thread Leaving my garden feeders for 3 months.You aren't hurting the birds. Wild food sources are unpredictable. If a food source isn't currently providing anything, the birds know...
