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Index of Subjects Hi Eleanor I would love to have a picture of this. Would be great to get rid of my rock doves. Thanks Ken ----- Original Message ----- From: Eleanor Lindsay <kelindsay@eastlink.ca> Date: Friday, October 23, 2009 8:57 am Subject: Re: [NatureNS] Bluejays > 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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