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Hi Annabelle,
We use peanuts without shells, and unsalted, which we too get at Bulk
Barn - the cheapest they have! Red-bellied Woodpeckers love them too.
Lois Codling
On 30/05/2013 8:05 AM, Annabelle Thiebaux wrote:
> Are these peanuts in the shell or out? We have one of the feeders
> hanging & put peanuts in the shell in there, the chickadees seem to
> eat the shell but I am not sure, they are there more often, the
> woodpeckers just come to it when the suet I put in another feeder is out.
>
> On 29/05/13 9:52 PM, Lois Codling wrote:
>> Hi Marg,
>>
>> Our Hairy Woodpeckers love unsalted peanuts. So do the Downies,
>> Nuthatches and Chickadees, as well as Bluejays and STARLINGS! We have a
>> peanut feeder which we bought, but one could be crafted yourself. It is
>> just a wire mesh tube (vertical), with a lid which can be lifted to fill
>> with peanuts. It is mounted on a pole, which has a squirrel guard under
>> the feeder. Works fine.
>>
>> Lois Codling
>> On 29/05/2013 1:26 PM, Marg Millard wrote:
>>> It continues to be cool, so far. The Shrubs are beginning to bloom but
>>> still we have daffodils and tulips etc in bloom.
>>> There are multiple nests about the property and lots of tiny but ever
>>> getting louder cheeps from the trees. Robins and Grackles.
>>>
>>> There are two pairs of White Breasted Nuthatches visiting the feeders
>>> every so many minutes.
>>>
>>> A female hairy woodpecker is coming to the seed cakes but the Grackles
>>> (so many grackles) are cleaning them out faster than we can put them
>>> out. I can't afford the store bought ones any more and I have run out
>>> of them now. I will put out plain pieces of suet for the next few days
>>> but with the heat to come it might not be staying good for long enough.
>>> She is 'very' upset with us and isn't above flying at me, screaming,
>>> and chipping chunks from the frame under the grapevine (which
>>> seriously need to be rebuilt soon.
>>> I am assuming she is trying to raise young and is very hungry. She
>>> appears to be alone. I haven't seen a male with her for some time.
>>> Suggestions about what to feed her would be appreciated. She did take
>>> an earthworm and mangle it then she tossed it. I never know when she
>>> is coming anymore, I used to be able to set time on her but the
>>> grackles are always here and they chase her off.
>>>
>>> We have several tree swallows setting up housekeeping. I think we
>>> could put up even more houses and they would all be filled. Only house
>>> they will not use is the one the nuthatches moved into early on then
>>> abandoned we think.
>>> There is a catbird and we were visited by a Shrike. Steve saw it and
>>> looked it up. I heard it later on but had no visual. We lost a male
>>> hummingbird who was showing his territory and swooped into the car
>>> window. I don't think he suffered. I popped him into the deep freeze
>>> with the others I am trying to get to either the museum or to Randy.
>>> I was looking after my sister's property and as I drove over, I cross
>>> the Five Rivers Bridge in White Point Estates. There are some
>>> interesting sights there and from time to time through the past couple
>>> weeks I have seen Herons and a Kingfisher. There are ducks, of course,
>>> and someday when I am down there painting I will take along the book
>>> and see can Id them.
>>>
>>> Last evening as we drove home from Hunts Point on the side of the road
>>> was a fox carrying what appeared to be a rabbit. Brown. wild probably.
>>> Had a Baltimore Oriole in the apple tree yesterday. Don't they sing a
>>> lovely song? Heard twitters but did not see waxwings but they are in
>>> the neighbourhood. The apple trees are in bloom. We have a number of
>>> warblers the most common are the yellow rumped. A parula sat quite a
>>> time in the grapevine the other day. I will be in the yard working a
>>> bit more often now the rain seems to have slowed down and am sure
>>> there will be more sightings.
>>> Deer have been though so we will need to protect out veggies. I
>>> haven't known them to munch on Solomon seal before but this year they
>>> seem to be trying it.
>>> Best regards,
>>> Marg Millard White Point, Queens
>>> Marg
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
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