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    Finches eating my cherry blossoms?

    Thanks fugl. That's exactly right. The funny thing is that the finches are eating the same flowers by sitting on the branch and leaning over to eat. The warblers are working much harder for what appears to be the same end. I'll have to watch them a bit more. Maybe their body construction is a...
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    Willamette Valley, Oregon, USA small yellow-black-gray bird

    Thank-you for the replies. I looked up photos of both birds and they are definitely Yellow-Rumped Warblers. I appreciate your input. Thanks again, Cindy
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    Willamette Valley, Oregon, USA small yellow-black-gray bird

    I have a large pie cherry tree in my front yard that is covered in blooms right now. This is our 3rd spring in this house and the first time I've noticed this bird and it's behavior. The behavior is that it is hovering by the blooms and eating something. It reminds me of hummingbird behavior...
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    Finches eating my cherry blossoms?

    Here's a better description, now that it's daylight again: Gray andblack head and back and wings Yellow stripe on the top of the head Yellow above the tail and under wings Two white stripes on shoulder/wing Inverted black "V" on chest, with the rest of the chest being light gray They are a...
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    Finches eating my cherry blossoms?

    This is our third spring in our house and it's the first time I've noticed this bird behavior. Small birds, including house finches and another kind that I'm not sure of the identity, are trying to hover around the blossoms on our pie cherry tree in the front yard. The tree is covered in...
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    Man V Squirrel, this time I'll win!

    I have the same problem with raccoons in our yard. We have huge evergreen trees and a small pond in the backyard. Our dog goes out there and he would be NO match for a raccoon. It scares me to think of how bad one could hurt my dog! I only have hummingbird feeders in the backyard because of the...
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    Man V Squirrel, this time I'll win!

    Those feeders look great! The squirrels really are fun to watch. Go Ducks! CindyB
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    Man V Squirrel, this time I'll win!

    I have an update on my bird feeders and squirrel issues: I have seen chickadees, house finches and the occassional nuthatch at the safflower seed feeder. It took a few weeks, but they are eating the seed. And, the squirrels completely ignore that feeder. They used to hang down and clean out the...
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    Very busy at the bird feeder today!

    I'm working on being able to identify more birds. I know there were several chickadees, sparrows, house finches and robins in the front tree today. I even had 4 crows poking around! Those big birds don't come around much, thankfully. They scare the rest of the little guys. CindyB
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    Very busy at the bird feeder today!

    I haven't posted on this thread before, but I knew you folks would understand my excitement. I get a lot of scrub jays in the yard when I toss peanuts out. Until today, I had only seen a singular Steller's jay. I see one mixing in with the scrub jays almost daily . Today, I had two Steller's. I...
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    Man V Squirrel, this time I'll win!

    If I could lure a cardinal out to the west coast, I'd buy a silo of safflower seed! LOL. I wish cardinals lived around here. I'lll settle for Nuthatches, Chickadees and Titmice eating the safflower seed. We do have a pair of mourning doves that I see now and then. I love to hear their call...
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    Man V Squirrel, this time I'll win!

    Joe, maybe I have some not-so-bright squirrels, but I haven't seen any figure out a way around the squirrel-proof feeder yet. :t: Since we get a lot of rain (an understatement the last few days!) I have a rain dome over the feeder. Maybe that makes it harder for the squirrels to hang down and...
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    Do ground feeding birds take Rat Poison?

    One way to scare away mammals like raccoons and rats (and maybe squirrels?) is to put the urine of their predators out. The thought is that the smell of the predator's urine will convince animals to leave. I went to a sporting goods store and they had a whole collection of bottles of animal...
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    YOU'R bird feeding stations/feeders!

    Great idea for a thread. I'll have to try to get some photos this weekend. My feeders hang from the tree in our front yard so right now they have snowflake lights hanging around them. It doesn't seem to bother the birds one bit. :t: CindyB
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    Why don birds not like walnuts in homemade suet?

    I think I'll try that next time. Thanks! CindyB
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