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Index of Subjects Can you email me pictures of your cage? My issue here is not starlings, but neighbors cats. Unfortunately I have a young cat here, that although neutered and a house cat for the first year of his life, is sneaking out whenever he can get out. My choices are to stop feeding the birds, or find a way to keep the cats from getting to them. My email is philmaria@xplornet.com Thanks! -----Original Message----- From: naturens-owner@chebucto.ns.ca [mailto:naturens-owner@chebucto.ns.ca] On Behalf Of Susann Myers Sent: Monday, March 01, 2010 12:16 PM To: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca Subject: Re: [NatureNS] Orange-crowned Warbler in L. Sackville Hi, Gayle. The Codlings built a cage of the wire mesh that fishermen use for lobster & crab traps, based on ones that I showed them in my yard. I bought a 100-foot roll of the mesh in the fall, 15" wide, and the Codlings bought a piece of it from me. The cost for the roll was $160.00, so it's $1.60 per foot. You'd also be welcome to buy a piece from me - I bought it to share. To make a cube-shaped cage that can either sit on the ground or hang from a tree or fence, you need about 8 feet, or a bit less if you want to use plywood for the roof to help keep things dry. You might want it make it a bit higher, to be able to hang suet in a way that the starlings can't reach. You're welcome to come by and see my cages. I'm in Halifax, near North and Oxford. If you want to call, I'm at 431-9123. Cheers, Susann Myers ----- Original Message ----- From: "Gayle MacLean" <duartess2003@yahoo.ca> To: <naturens@chebucto.ns.ca> Sent: Monday, March 01, 2010 8:47 AM Subject: Re: [NatureNS] Orange-crowned Warbler in L. Sackville > Hi Lois, > > The OC Warbler here in Dartmouth has, also, fared well this winter. > Definitely, a survivor, for sure! Is enjoyng the mealworms, twice daily. > Am interested in the 'cage' you speak of. Could you give me an idea of > it's construction, size, etc, especially in amongst branches, etc. There > is so much competition with the Starlings, I sure am getting tired of > losing mealworms to those creatures! The Warbler is travelling further > during the day, as it now seems to be going to a back yard, a fair > distance up the street on the opposite side. But always back here for > breakfast and supper! > Lost a fresh plum pudding overnight. The mesh bag that I put it in was > completely empty, no rips, no tears & nothing on the ground below. I'm > unfortunately thinking a Norway Rat, as I can't think of anything else big > enough to completely consume it. > > Gayle MacLean > Dartmouth > > > --- On Sun, 2/28/10, Lois Codling <loiscodling@hfx.eastlink.ca> wrote: > >> From: Lois Codling <loiscodling@hfx.eastlink.ca> >> Subject: [NatureNS] Orange-crowned Warbler in L. Sackville >> To: "Nature NS" <naturens@chebucto.ns.ca> >> Received: Sunday, February 28, 2010, 9:37 PM >> Our tiny OC Warbler has almost >> completely stopped eating suet and grape jelly, and for the >> past month has been eating up to 40 good-sized mealworms per >> day (!) and hulled sunflower seeds. Mealworms are high >> in fat and so are the sunflower seeds, so it appears >> that the more of those he eats, the less other fats (and >> sugars?) he needs. He still forages in the bushes >> outside my kitchen windows, though I don't know exactly what >> he is getting. He has survived snowstorms, windstorms >> and rainstorms, and stays out of the way of the >> Sharp-shinned and Cooper's Hawks. I hope he continues >> to do so! We are grateful to Suzanne Borkowski and >> Susann Myers for their advice and help in warbler >> care. The feeding cage has enabled us to feed the >> mealworms to him and not to all the Starlings, Bluejays, >> etc. which would like to get at them. >> >> Lois Codling >> > > > __________________________________________________________________ > Be smarter than spam. See how smart SpamGuard is at giving junk email the > boot with the All-new Yahoo! Mail. Click on Options in Mail and switch to > New Mail today or register for free at http://mail.yahoo.ca >
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