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    Whimsical Birdhouse

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gV5RvCoIqHU
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    Provide Clean Nestboxes for Your Birds!

    Breeding season begins in a couple of weeks, still time to clean out your nestboxes http://www.rspb.org.uk/advice/helpingbirds/nestboxes/smallbirds/maintenance.asp
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    Today at the birdbath

    There was a flock of about 12 to 15 house finches at my heated birdbath today. They were not just drinking, most of them were also taking a bath! That's in the middle of the Canadian winter! With them were 2 dark-eyed juncos, only 1 of them managed to get a sip. I thought a running thread on...
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    Snow-resistant feeders

    The snowstorm during the weekend had me remove the snow from the feeder bowl every hour, but I can't do that during the week. I wonder if there are snow-resistant feeders that do not require any snow removal. Are feeder tubes perhaps better in this regard, or do they also require snow removal...
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    White Spots on Peanut Kernels

    Anyone knows what the white spots on the peanut kernels are?
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    Nestbox Camera Recommendation

    I need a nestbox camera that can do the following. Closest focussing distance is about 8 inches. At this distance, must be able to zoom in on an object the size of a dime (about 3/4 inch diameter) or smaller, with a resolution of about 3 megapixels or better. Must not cost an arm and a leg. Any...
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    Short Focus binoculars

    I am looking for binoculars to watch not only birds, but also butterflies, bees, and other small critters. A must is a short focus down to 3 or 4 feet. Magnification 7x to 8x. Must not cost an arm and a leg either. Any recommendations?
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    What peanut kernels do YOUR birds like best?

    What peanut kernels do YOUR birds like best? Raw? Roasted? Blanched raw? Blanced roasted? etc (but not salted, bad for birds)
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    Putting anti-parasite medication in birdbath water

    My birdbath is a favorite of an American Robin that comes every day, sometimes even twice a day. Apart from the joy of bathing, the bird may have a reason to bathe that often, its feathers don’t look very good. I don’t think that it is moulting, more likely is that it has some parasites like...
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    Can someone explain in plain English what RAID 1 is?

    A hard disk of mine crashed, fortunately there is a back up on an external disk, unfortunately the data restoration turns out to be a pain. I want to do things better if it happens again, and I heard about disk mirorring with 2 disks and RAID 1, but cannot really understand the explanations that...
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    Do I need a tripod or a head or both?

    I would like to shoot close-ups with a small camcorder in what is essentially a table-top setting. I need the following adjustable settings: pan (15 degrees in either direction) tilt (15 degrees in either direction) up/down (1” in either direction) sideway shift (1.5” in either direction) All...
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    Faq?

    I'm looking for a way to place a wireless microphone in a backyard birdbox to monitor and record on a computer in the house. I'm so ignorant that I don't know what questions to ask. Is there a FAQ or a tutorial on the net that I can read?
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    Beautiful Sleek Dark Red Northern Cardinal

    I have two male Northern Cardinals flying around here. One is of the usual red colour with a tinge of orange, but the other one is dark red. He has moreover a sleeker overall appearance, beautiful! These shy birds are unfortunately difficult to photograph without a scope that I don't have...
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    Ontario Chickadees Nesting Progress

    Just want to compare notes with my neighbours and fellow birders! My chickadees are at the stage of having built the moss base, the fur lining, and the nestcup. My box opens at the front and the fur lining was unfortunately built up high at the front side so that I could not peak into the...
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    Window Bird Bath

    Yes, that's right, a window bird bath! I have been enjoying my window bird feeder so much, watching the birds up close, and dread the coming warmer months when food will be plentiful out there with less birds coming to my feeder. I have been thinking of a window bird bath but could not find...
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    Black-capped Chickadee

    I came across a study from 1941 where the latin name of the Black-capped Chickadee was 'Penthestes atricapillus atricapillus'. Nowadays it is 'Poecile atricapilla'. Can someone enlighten me on the changes?
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    Did your chickadee visit YOU today?

    What did YOUR chickadee do today? Did it dance? http://www.birdforum.net/pp_gallery/showphoto.php/photo/954/sort/2/cat/all/page/24 I thought a running thread would be interesting |=)|
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    Can Blue Tits excavate their own natural cavities?

    Blue Tits can easily be enticed to nest in manmade nestboxes, but can Blue Tits excavate their own natural cavities with their tiny beaks? Anyone knows?
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    Heated bird feeders

    Are there heated bird feeders for sale somewhere? Or heaters to keep the food a few degrees above freezing? I have seen small birds having difficulties opening the frozen hull of sunflower seeds and now feed only sunflower hearts, but that's still frozen. Birds can certainly eat that too, but...
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    Can birds suddenly change food preference?

    My backyard birds used to like sunflower hearts, then peanuts out of the shell, and now back to sunflower hearts. Anyone noticed something similar? I can't say whether it's the same or different individuals, but the flocks that come look the same to me. Just that they change their food preference.
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    Baffle or Stovepipe guard?

    What do you use to ward off climbing critters from your feeder or nestbox poles? Conical baffles? Cylindrical stovepipe guards? What kind of pole do you use? Do you grease the pole? Did a rat still manage to climb your pole? Did you try and make your setup look beautiful? I thought this topic...
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    Feeding Mom & Babies

    What is the best way to supply mommy bird with calcium for egg-laying? Calcium enhanced suet, eggshells, ...? What is the best way to supply baby birds with protein for healthy growth? Mealworms, other live food, suet containing insects, ...? How to ensure that baby birds get enough moisture...
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    Typical Chickadee Nest and Habitat

    I found the following pics of a typical chickadee nest and surrounding forest habitat. How is a nestbox in a human infested suburban area supposed to compete with that? Makes my heart sink in my attempt to have a chickadee nest in the box that I put up...
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    Human Woodpeckers

    Woodpeckers make holes that are used by other birds as nesting cavities, especially by those birds whose bills are not strong enough for excavating. Why don't humans help nature by emulating woodpeckers?
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    Interesting Chickadee Sites

    Enjoy the links below, and please add more! http://www.hww.ca/hww2.asp?id=29 http://www.birds.cornell.edu/AllAboutBirds/BirdGuide/Black-capped_Chickadee_dtl.html http://home.jtan.com/~jack/ckd.html http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black-capped_Chickadee...
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