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Index of Subjects With me, bluejays always tend to dominate feeders at the beginning of the winter, but this year does seem excessively bad so far. I too have a dome feeder, by the way, but no matter how much I keep lowering the dome, the bluejays are still clever and determined enough to weazle their way inside! The bluejay monopoly is making a currently popular British method of feeding small birds increasingly appealing; it is essentially a large (approx2-2&1/2 ft square, 3ft high) gable roofed bird cage with slats wide enough to allow all small birds to enter and which is placed on the ground or a platform. One can hang small seed feeders, peanuts or place bowls of seeds, water etc on the bottom. I can send a picture to anyone interested - the idea has potential.... Eleanor Lindsay Seabright, St Margarets Bay Gail Bruhm wrote: > 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 > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG - www.avg.com > Version: 8.5.422 / Virus Database: 270.14.23/2447 - Release Date: 10/20/09 03:55:00 > >
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