Re: [cayugabirds-l] Neat happening-squirrels

[Donna Lee Scott]

As voracious as SQs are, they don’t seem to eat meat.
The cat food is either dried up canned wet, or pieces of dry cat food. So SQs 
don’t eat.

Besides, tho I have baffles on feeder poles, plenty of bird seed ends up on 
ground & SQs share (?) that w doves & other ground feeders.

I also sacrifice much seed to SQs on my long deck rail top & below it, because 
many birds (like var. sparrows, including juncos) prefer to eat from that flat 
surface rather than from feeders.  It is more like the ground.

That part of deck is a darkened mess since I have been feeding birds on it for 
32 years! Now have a heated bird bath/drinker on it, too. Well used.
I have a big separate roofed/screened part for me & the indoor cats!

Donna Scott
Lansing
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On Jan 28, 2021, at 12:43 PM, Randolph Ross 
mailto:randolph.ros...@gmail.com>> wrote:

How do you keep squirrels from getting what you put out for crows?  We have a 
family of 3 that enjoy watching.

On Thu, Jan 28, 2021, 11:38 AM Donna Lee Scott 
mailto:d...@cornell.edu>> wrote:
Yesterday, when I was scattering on ground some leftover indoor cat food near 
backyard feeders for the crows -  from a little white plastic dish -
all of a sudden a bird flew in from behind me and almost landed on my hand that 
held the dish! I wore dirty white winter gloves.

But I guess it then saw I was a heinous human, & it quickly veered right & flew 
away.
It might have been a Blue Jay (whitish under-tail feathers), but it happened so 
fast I did not get a good look.
At first I thought it was a Sharpie, but tail feather color & size  were not 
right for that.

Donna Scott
Lansing
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[cayugabirds-l] Neat happening

[Donna Lee Scott]

Yesterday, when I was scattering on ground some leftover indoor cat food near 
backyard feeders for the crows -  from a little white plastic dish -
all of a sudden a bird flew in from behind me and almost landed on my hand that 
held the dish! I wore dirty white winter gloves.

But I guess it then saw I was a heinous human, & it quickly veered right & flew 
away.
It might have been a Blue Jay (whitish under-tail feathers), but it happened so 
fast I did not get a good look.
At first I thought it was a Sharpie, but tail feather color & size  were not 
right for that.

Donna Scott
Lansing
Sent from my iPhone

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Re: [cayugabirds-l] Flock of Northern Cardinals

[Donna Lee Scott]

I think when it is cold & snowy like it is, they seek easy food at feeders. I 
have had as many as 8 Cardinals here in this kind of weather.
Also, larger flocks of other species,  s. a. Goldfinches, MoDos & House 
Sparrows appear in “bad” weather.

Donna Scott
Lansing
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On Jan 28, 2021, at 7:52 AM, Carl Steckler 
mailto:simmshil...@gmail.com>> wrote:

I woke up this morning to a flock of northern Cardinals at my feeder‘s
There were approximately 15 to 20 both male and female, it was hard to tell 
they keep chasing each other all over the place
I have never had this many Cardinals at one time anyone else seen this?
Any ideas of what’s going on?
Carl
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[cayugabirds-l] Flock of Northern Cardinals

[Carl Steckler]

I woke up this morning to a flock of northern Cardinals at my feeder‘s
There were approximately 15 to 20 both male and female, it was hard to tell
they keep chasing each other all over the place
I have never had this many Cardinals at one time anyone else seen this?
Any ideas of what’s going on?
Carl

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