Hello Everyone from Pennsylvania, USA (1 Viewer)

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hollyboc

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• Jun 25, 2018

• #1

I am just beginning to feed birds. I thought it would be fun to buy one of those small, clear acrylic feeders with suction cups to put at my kitchen window. In doing so, it took well over a year to get a bird in there!! Honestly it could have been more like two years. I was shocked. I changed the food constantly and never gave up. Early one morning, my husband came and woke me up and said... you have to see something! A beautiful cardinal was in the feeder. Since then, it attracts mainly house wrens, sparrows, and some pesky morning doves that drive all the small birds away. I rarely ever see a cardinal which is disappointing. While I respect all of God's creatures, and know they all have to eat, I'd like to discourage the morning doves because they have taken over. Any suggestions??

 

ClarkWGriswold

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• Jun 25, 2018

• #2

Hi Hollyboc and welcome to Birdforum. Maybe a seed/nut feeder in a different part of the garden to entice them in? Sunflower seeds go down very well here.

Rich

 

Troubador

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• Jun 25, 2018

• #3

Rich is spot-on with his advice. Split up the incoming birds by providing another feeder elsewhere in the garden. We have a similar problem with Woodpigeons and having two feeders definitely helps.

Lee

 

Chris G6 UXU

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• Jun 25, 2018

• #4

Hello and welcome to the forum, enjoy and all the best.

 

Kits

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• Jun 25, 2018

• #5

Welcome to BirdForum! I am sure you will find lots to interest you here, and I hope you enjoy your visits.

 

Lisa W

I really need to get out and bird more

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• Jun 25, 2018

• #6

Hi Holly, welcome to the forum. A second feeder with food the doves like might help your situation.

 

KC Foggin

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• Jun 25, 2018

• #7

Hi ya Holly and a warm welcome to you from me in Myrtle Beach :t:

 

delia todd

If I said the wrong thing it was a Senior Moment

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• Jun 25, 2018

• #8

Hi Holly and a warm welcome from me too.

I'm sure you will enjoy it here and I hope to hear about all the birds you see when out and about.

I agree with the others, provide something more to the doves liking, they are mostly ground feeders, I thought?

 

Fritz73

Wat mutt, dat mutt!

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• Jun 25, 2018

• #9

Welcome to Birdforum :t:

 

Fraulein ash

Woodpecker stalker

• Jun 26, 2018

• #10

Hello from NY! Look at that, we're neighbors! A bird bath will also attract more birds to your yard. I had the same issue at first when I started to feed the birds... it took them close to TWO years before there was a beautiful array of birds feeding in my backyard. It really was pretty discouraging, but you stuck to it and you are rewarded! I found that once we got our first cardinal, the rest just magically came. Welcome to the forum!