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Index of Subjects 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 ----- Original Message ----- 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 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 8.5.423 / Virus Database: 270.14.24/2449 - Release Date: 10/20/09 18:42:00
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