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    What is it - Central NY State

    Never mind... I think I figured it out... Merlin search was showing me bright yellow goldfinches. That threw me off. I didn't realize they have very muted winter colors, because for some reason we rarely see Goldfinches here ANY time of year. And this bird looked very skinny. Perhaps I...
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    What is it - Central NY State

    I've been trying to identify a bird that's coming to my platform bird feeder here in Central New York State. It's the size of a skinny sparrow. I've only been able to view it through a somewhat smeary glass window, so not certain of the exact colors. The body (head, belly, back) appear to be a...
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    Anyone here having luck with safflower seed?

    Revising my initial post. I don't think the squirrels or my mourning doves like the safflower seed. I currently have 20 lbs of white safflower, 20 lbs of golden safflower, 16 lbs of striped sunflower, and about 16 lbs. of white mullet in the house - all fresh and purchased within the last...
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    Warning about Cayenne & Chili Pepper

    My deck mounted open tray feeders and hanging platform feeders were attracting a lot of squirrel traffic. Frankly I don't mind feeding them, but the birds don't come while they are close. I decided to remove the squirrel deterrent device from one platform feeders and fill it with peanuts...
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    Anyone here having luck with safflower seed?

    Thank you for the information. I don't have a feeder camera, and my birds scatter if I even enter the kitchen to look out the window. I suspect it's because a huge Cooper's Hawk has been killing my Mourning Doves, Blue Jays, and possibly my woodpeckers. They are understandably nervous about...
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    Anyone here having luck with safflower seed?

    What are the symptoms of pox and salmonella? So the fix is to stop feeding them? For how long?
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    Anyone here having luck with safflower seed?

    I like doves. Have had as many as 21 on my back deck. Broke my heart when one dove lost it's mate to a Cooper's hawk. She sits out there all day, missing him. They mate for life apparently.
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    Golden Safflower?

    I mix various seeds with shelled peanuts for my Juncos, sparrows, titmice, nuthatches, mourning doves, and bluejays. All fresh, high quality seed and peanuts. However over the last week, my birds have stopped eating the black oil sunflower seed, safflower, and millet. They just pick through...
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    Golden Safflower?

    What's hemp like? Can you buy it?
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    Any point putting out niger seed?

    I was at the time, still working full time, coming home to a foot of leaves in the back yard, and apples from the apple tree that had to be removed before the yard could be mowed.
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    TUCSON BACKYARD- bird killed by an animal- WHAT KIND OF BIRD?

    Most people here are discussing wild birds and not thinking about domestic fowl. Not knowing much about either, it could've also been a muskovie duck, or egret.
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    Golden Safflower?

    I've tasted the golden safflower. Not bad.
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    Grackle Trouble

    Can you get a model of a Cooper's Hawk and set it out there on a perch or railing for a few days? I had huge flocks of grackles. They emptied my seed and suet feeders in a couple hours. Then a two foot tall Cooper's Hawk started to hang out in the neighborhood. The grackles took off and...
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    Trying to identify a specific bird seed

    So you recommend putting it out separately (out of a mix)?
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    Golden Safflower?

    Never had much luck with plain, white safflower seed. My wild birds wouldn't eat it. So when I saw golden safflower in the store with the claim that it's easier for the birds to eat, and more healthy, I bought some. I've been leaving piles on the railings for weeks, but they seem to like it...
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    Deck railing feeding issues

    This fall I got so many mourning doves they were fighting for my two open tray hanging feeders. I was already putting peanuts on the deck railing for the blue jays, so I decided to put out piles of mixed seed for the doves. My mix has black oil sunflower, white millet, safflower, and shelled...
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    Trying to identify a specific bird seed

    White millet. I buy it.
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    Basic question about mesh feeders

    My sister gave me a yellow tubular mesh feeder last spring. I stocked it and my other tube feeder with fresh nyger all spring and summer, but got no takers. Some chickadees and nuthatches checked it out, but quickly got frustrated. I wonder if this particular mesh feeder has a mesh that's...
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    Any point putting out niger seed?

    I inherited my parent's home and live in it. Several years ago, due to my health problems I cut down four large maple trees, the only maples in the yard. (Could not find anyone to pick up the huge volume of leaves.) I will regret it to the day I die. Very few birds anymore. ZERO...
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    I cant afford quality feed any more

    I'm on social security too, and spending close to $140 a month on black oil sunflower seed, peanut pickouts, safflower, and peanuts in the shell. The latter are for my very polite bluejays. However, the squirrels and chipmunks take most of them off the railing before the bluejays can get to...
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    Anyone here having luck with safflower seed?

    Thanks. "Early in the morning..." I will try that. But not sure how long I can keep dishing out the whole peanuts.. Almost 7 lbs. / week, plus the bird feed. Can't afford it. The squirrels and chipmunks get most of the peanuts. I confess, I can't resist the chipmunks when they run up...
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    Anyone here having luck with safflower seed?

    My original intent in buying peanuts in the shell was to reward my well behaved bluejays. But the squirrels, chipmunks, and grackles were getting it all. The deck and yard was also a mess, so I bought a 25lb bag of "peanut pickouts". The critters (including the jays) don't like them! They...
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    Anyone here having luck with safflower seed?

    Unfortunately the grackles and squirrels seem to have developed a taste for it. Not the starlings.
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    Anyone here having luck with safflower seed?

    The squirrels like the sunflower seed even more.
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    Anyone here having luck with safflower seed?

    What's up with safflower seed? I bought a couple large bags a few weeks ago, hoping they would reduce my starling and grackle infestation and deter the squirrels from destroying my hopper feeder. But nothing seems to eat the seed in the feeder, except the squirrels and a couple cardinals that...
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