[NatureNS] Bluejays

From: "Gail Bruhm" <gcbruhm@ns.sympatico.ca>
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Date: Tue, 20 Oct 2009 21:30:10 -0300
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Perhaps most people are experiencing this right now. I have  the Duncraft 
Super Cling-a-Wing Small Bird Feeder and the Aspects Vista Dome Bird 
Feeder - with the moveable dome (both displayed on the For the Birds 
website) are larger bird proof

Gail Bruhm
Halifax




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From: "Lois Codling" <loiscodling@hfx.eastlink.ca>
To: "Nature NS" <naturens@chebucto.ns.ca>
Sent: Tuesday, October 20, 2009 8:20 PM
Subject: [NatureNS] Bluejays


> Has anyone found a solution to the problem of Bluejays occupying all the
> feeders for the months of Sept. & Oct.?  We seem to have lost all our
> Purple Finch and the Goldfinch, Chickadees, Nuthatches, etc. are having
> a lot of trouble getting anything.  We put out Grey-striped Sunflower
> Seed, which the Bluejays prefer, in a separate feeder to distract them,
> but there are so many young Jays that they still prevent the smaller
> birds from getting at the other feeders.  We are trying hulled, cracked
> sunflower seed this year in 2 feeders, because the smaller birds can get
> their requirements faster and easier.  I thought the Bluejays would
> prefer not to store this seed, as it will spoil more easily than the
> kind with hull on.  But they don't seem to know that.  We have also
> thought of putting wire cages over our hanging feeders so that the
> larger birds cannot get in.  This we have not yet managed to do because
> we haven't found the right size wire grids to do it ( in that regard,
> does anyone know how big a hole the Jays can get through?)
>
> Any suggestions would be appreciated.  (I think the time the Jays store
> food is nearly over for this year, but maybe we can do something next 
> year!)
>
> Lois Codling
> L. Sackville


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