Re: fat birdies

Pam--How are you making it?  Here after the nice weather about 10 days ago,
it is now zero, the high today was 6, expected to warm up to the low 20's
this weekend.  I have quite a bunch of birds here, the finches (house, gold,
and purple) generally munch down on the niger seed.  The sparrows,
cardinals, jays, nuthatches, and, believe it or not, the woodpeckers and
some black with gold speckled really ugly bird eat sunflower hearts.
Started using them so there wasn't so much debris around the feeder.  There
are a couple of white pine trees near the feeders, so some cover is
provided, also a heated bird bath, which really gets a workout.  Rich,
freezing in Z-5
----- Original Message -----
From: "Pamela J. Evans" <gardenqueen@gbronline.com>
To: <gardenchat@hort.net>
Sent: Wednesday, January 22, 2003 3:51 PM
Subject: [CHAT] fat birdies


> On a different note (ha) I just thought I'd share a bird feeding
> observation. I've always fed the regular wild bird seed mixed half and
> half w/ black oil sunflower seeds, and the birdies have thrived on this
> for years. This year, I added a thistle/niger seed feeder for the
> finches (most of the purple coneflower heads are picked clean by now)
> and have started using that no-waste bird seed (from Gardens Alive). Not
> cheap, but holy cow are the birdies LOVING it. One of my robins is so
> fat, he can barely hop. He's too cute. And all my cardinals are fatter
> than ever. Sometimes I mix the high dollar food w/ the regular bird seed
> too (when I'm waiting for a delivery) but it's OK w/ the birdies. Quite
> cold here and getting colder by the minute. Sugar is at my feet and only
> stayed out about 90 seconds when I let her out on her tether today. My
> mourning doves are just waddling. That makes me happy because I know
> they will weather the cold snap (20 degrees below normal for the next
> three days). And I have shelters for the doves and ground hugging birds
> built back under he tree line, short limbs laid out in a box pattern
> full of fluffy leaves. Very sheltered and secure.
>
> How do y'all up North keep your biries going in such abominable cold??
Just curious.....
>
> Pam
>
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> Pam Evans
> Kemp TX/zone 8A
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