My deer are far too timid to attempt that. The coyotes have them looking over their shoulders. Nature's balance.
Paul via phone > On Apr 23, 2017, at 12:28 PM, Daniel J. Matyola <danmaty...@gmail.com> wrote: > > I have had to stop putting out feeders, except for hummingbird feeders. > > The deer rise up on their back legs to butt the feeders, and spill out the > seed so they can eat it. Even feeders that are too high for them to reach > (and therefore too high to easily refill) attract the deer to clean up > underneath the feeders after the Jays and Cardinals pick out the choice > morsels and scatter the rest. Once in the yard, they eat every tender shoot > on every bush, and tempt my dog to chase them into the neighboring woods. > > > Dan Matyola > http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola > > On Sun, Apr 23, 2017 at 10:15 AM, Stanley Halpin < > s...@stans-photography.info> wrote: > >> We have six feeders. Two are the standard plastic tubular type with a few >> perch on the sides and a tray at the bottom. Filled with what our feed >> store calls “cardinal mix.” These attracts cardinals, doves, sparrows, >> redwing blackbirds, grosbeak, red bellied woodpecker, blue jay and >> occasionally a variety of finch. The squirrels and turkeys used to raid >> these but I have figured out effective defense mechanisms. >> A third feeder with the same mix but only a small perch at the bottom >> attracts the tufted titmice, nuthatch, house finch, purple finch, gold >> finch. And a swarm of chickadees. >> The fourth feeder is a perforated aluminum tube for peanuts for the >> clinging birds. Hairy and Downey woodpeckers, Nuthatch, and occasional >> others. >> Then a fifth, for hummingbirds. And a sixth, for Orioles. We get both >> Baltimore and Barn Orioles. >> >> We’ve tried the suet feeders but our local birds don’t seem too interested. >> >> We site the feeders with the following in mind: keeping the squirrels out, >> keeping the turkeys out, keeping the feeders the right distance from our >> windows to minimize bird strikes, and giving us a nice view so we can enjoy >> the visitors. Oh, and photography would be nice but I don’t have positions >> that give me a good sightline without disturbing the birds. >> >> The turkeys learned that when I open the people-door out of the garage, >> that I might well be carrying bird food. And they would come running. And a >> few figured out that when the feeders were full, they could jump up, hit >> the bottom of the feeders with the top of their head, jostle enough seed to >> the ground for them to then find and eat… Some feeders now have fences on >> the ground around the bottom so the turkeys can’t get underneath, others >> have been raised just high enough so that even the best jumper can’t quite >> get to them. >> >> stan >> >>> On Apr 23, 2017, at 9:17 AM, Paul Stenquist <pnstenqu...@mac.com> wrote: >>> >>> Thanks Steve. And thanks to all who commented or had a look. >>> >>> Paul via phone >>> >>>> On Apr 23, 2017, at 5:57 AM, Steve Cottrell <co...@seeingeye.tv> wrote: >>>> >>>> On 22/4/17, Paul Stenquist, discombobulated, unleashed: >>>> >>>>> Ken suggested I hang a suet cage to attract some birds who wouldn't >> show >>>>> up for my finch seeds. He was right. Shot this Tufted Titmouse this >>>>> afternoon. Pretty bird! A nice Earth Day gift. >>>>> >>>>> https://www.photo.net/photo/18378090/tufted-titmouse >>>> >>>> Really nice shot Paul >>>> >>>> -- >>>> >>>> >>>> Cheers, >>>> Cotty >>>> >>>> >>>> ___/\__ Broadcast, Corporate, >>>> || (O) | Web Video Production >>>> ---------- <www.seeingeye.tv> >>>> _____________________________ >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> -- >>>> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >>>> PDML@pdml.net >>>> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >>>> to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and >> follow the directions. >>> >>> -- >>> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >>> PDML@pdml.net >>> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >>> to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and >> follow the directions. >> >> >> -- >> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >> PDML@pdml.net >> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >> to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and >> follow the directions. > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
