• Welcome to BirdForum, the internet's largest birding community with thousands of members from all over the world. The forums are dedicated to wild birds, birding, binoculars and equipment and all that goes with it.

    Please register for an account to take part in the discussions in the forum, post your pictures in the gallery and more.
Where premium quality meets exceptional value. ZEISS Conquest HDX.

Search results

  1. L

    No mess sounds too good to be true!!!

    Yea Trust me Im not feeding some filler seed brand to feeder the sparrows or the pigeons.lol.Im feeding amouring song blend with black oil sunflower,striped sunflower,peunuts,safflflower,peunuts chips,and raisans. Yea but you got to expect spillage for any feeder and seed.Im just gunna try it...
  2. L

    No mess sounds too good to be true!!!

    Ive been feeding for about a month now and Im getting tiring of constantley raking up the seed hulls and it killing the grass. so I was just wondering about the no mess bird seed.It looks great there no cleaning about or anything.But is sounds too good to be true. I know it more expensive but...
  3. L

    Flicker nestbox

    Great job gettin flickers as they are decreasing in numbers. Ive read that flickers can chase away and fend off any starling out of the box but the real problem is when the flicker is trapped in the box.Even though the flicker as a size advantage the starling usually seems to win in the box.So...
  4. L

    Quick qeusions

    Thanks. Yea Im defintly going to pair them..cant wait until next year.the swallows are gunna fledge very soon. Yea and geuss what I recentle have seen purple martins fyling ove my ouse and around the bay Im really thinking about getting a purple martins house for next year now that I know...
  5. L

    Quick qeusions

    Hey str8six thanks for replying cause I need help with attracting both hummers and bluebirds. Yea I know Ive heard it can take a long time for bluebirds to find a box.Im pretty sure I got the right habitat % acres of short cut grass but I just dont think they are even in my town.This spring ive...
  6. L

    Quick qeusions

    Hey thanks for asking havent been on in a while but.... I GOT TREE SWALLOWS!!!Although there pretty common on long island I was so ecited getting them cause it was my first time getting a nestbox.But there doin great at first sparrow moved in because it was close to a tree but when I moved it...
  7. L

    Crabapple questions

    Oh great so the tree pretty much provides food yeard round.
  8. L

    Crabapple questions

    Oh really? I never knew that what kinds of birds are attracted to the flowers?
  9. L

    Crabapple questions

    I have been cheching them out and the zumi crabapples look nice im looking for winter persistan friuts and the zumi has nice small winter persitant fruits.What do you think?
  10. L

    Crabapple questions

    Anyone?
  11. L

    Can anyone tell me if I have have bluebirds please.

    Aww your looky I really hope I get a bluebird i know ill be a good bluebird landlord
  12. L

    Can anyone tell me if I have have bluebirds please.

    Hey bebirder I go on the libirding site a lot of ive checked for eastern bluebird sightings and I think there was one but when I was searching around I came across this sight http://www.bnl.gov/esd/wildlife/BlueBird.asp which kind of boosted my hopes because im fairly close to brookhaven. Hey...
  13. L

    Crabapple questions

    This spring im looking for a crabapple tree for next winter that will attract a wide variety of birds. Im in zone 6 if that help. Right now the Zumi Crabapple looks good but if anyones got anybetter suggestios please let me know thanks for help
  14. L

    Can anyone tell me if I have have bluebirds please.

    Hey can anyone telly me if I have bluebirds because I havent seen any on long island and im starting to doubt if theres any bluebirds in my area. I have erected a bluebird house and and birdbath and also fruit at my feeders and as soon as the weathers better im going to try mealworms. I live...
  15. L

    Typical Chickadee Nest and Habitat

    Would a chicadee ever nest in a hang house designed for wrens? And if not can anyone link me a house that chicadees most prefer and how I should mount them. thanks.
  16. L

    Good Wren House

    Can anyone tell me if this is a good wren house because I have heard that wren build big nest and Im just wondering if it will have enough space.THis is the house. http://www.bestnest.com/bestnest/RTProduct.asp?SKU=COV-10047 THanks for help
  17. L

    Quick qeusions

    ok great thanks
  18. L

    Quick qeusions

    Oh okay thanks
  19. L

    Quick qeusions

    Yea i heard native planting is the better way to atract birds and thats why im goin to be planting alot this spring.I was going to plant the spicebush already I heard birds really liked it. Ive never heard of the yew and it sounds good.And my one of my mom favorite flower is impatients. So i...
  20. L

    Quick qeusions

    Oh really I didnt see any blue bird house for sale at the NYS bluebird society.CAn you give me the link? Im kinda of hoping that a tree swallow will occupy one and chase way any other swallows in it territory and thenn a pair of blue bird occupy the other and they toleratde eachother.But I...
  21. L

    Quick qeusions

    Wow awesome birds of prey.You list is awesome i only hope to only get halfs those birds. Yea Im really excited for spring.Im getting a bird bathes,some new bird feeders and hopefully some bird houses. Just wondering. What kind of feeders and seeds do you have and what seed do you put in...
  22. L

    Quick qeusions

    Oh yea I forgot some obvios ones lol i wasnt thinking.Tufted titmice,Common grackle,Red winged blackbird, Herring gull,I actually get a coopers or a sharp shinned hawk once a weak,American crow.
  23. L

    Quick qeusions

    Yea so thats why I wanted to bluebird house up even if i dont get blue birds ill get some swallows which is good. and im glad i live near the water so they have a nice food supply. Oh okay ill manage which ever one I can find for a cheap price.But still a good house. Um normally.Blue...
  24. L

    Quick qeusions

    Yea I think im going to contact the New York State Bluebird Society.Okay I have a home depot close buy a mounting stake.Where do you think i should get the bluebird house? And yea im very prepared to deal with house sparrows. Thnx for help.
  25. L

    Quick qeusions

    Wow thats really cool.Both of us forteen on long island. I Have a very large area of open land with big trees close by and I kno have larger then a 5 acre land .And i also live by the water witch ive read that swallows like nesting near bodies of water.And ive read that both birds like living...
Back
Top