Nyger goes through a lengthy input process and is already old by the time
you see it in the store. The best approach is to purchase small amounts. By
winter's end the seed is pretty dead with close to zero appeal.
John
On Fri, Apr 7, 2023 at 12:50 PM Jerry Skinner wrote:
> For the past two
You all answered all my questions. Thanks Ingrid Center
On Fri, Apr 7, 2023 at 2:32 PM Geo Kloppel wrote:
> Make sure to keep it cool and dry after you buy it too, so it doesn’t get
> “old” prematurely in your own cupboard. I like to transfer the contents of
> a newly-opened bag into a jug with
Make sure to keep it cool and dry after you buy it too, so it doesn’t get “old”
prematurely in your own cupboard. I like to transfer the contents of a
newly-opened bag into a jug with an air-tight screw cap.
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I notice if I put them out late, it takes longer for them to start using them.
I also find the individual station feeders get more use that the mesh or screen
type.
I thought I overpaid for a used 8 station Droll Yankee Thistle Feeder for $10
(old style tube with aluminum perches and guards).
That happens with me also. How can I tell if I’m not buys old seed?
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> On Apr 7, 2023, at 1:13 PM, Marty Schlabach wrote:
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> It is probably old seed. It doesn’t store well. Depending on where you
> bought it, it could be older, even last year’s seed. We had a
It is probably old seed. It doesn’t store well. Depending on where you bought
it, it could be older, even last year’s seed. We had a similar experience the
beginning of this feeder season and so I eventually bought new seed from a
different source and the goldfinches started fighting over
For the past two winters birds have been ignoring my nyger feeders.
Is anyone else experiencing this?
I wonder if there has been a change in the seed itself.
Jerry Skinner
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Not sure what the ospreys think of the beautiful new platform, but there are three osprey circling over Neimi road at CU pond unit 2. Right now 10 am 7’apr. Sent from my iPhoneOn Apr 6, 2023, at 11:47 PM, Candace E. Cornell wrote:We (The Cayuga Lake Osprey Network) put up new platforms off Niemi
It seems like the Chipping Sparrows, Eastern Towhees, and Eastern Phoebes all
took the same flight in to the Finger Lakes this week!
Yesterday I saw a chipping sparrow at the feeders. I also heard, then saw, the
towhee bopping around in a thicket at the edge of the yard. This morning I
heard
FOY chipping sparrows (2) have joined the flock of DE Juncos & the RE Blackbird
at my feeders this fine morning!
Donna Scott
Kendal at Ithaca
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Must have been something in the air this morning Geo. Before first light
our male COHA was also very vocal from his perch atop the phone pole.
On Fri, Apr 7, 2023 at 7:50 AM Geo Kloppel wrote:
> A bit chilly above West Danby this morning (34° F), but when the sun rose
> over the distant
A bit chilly above West Danby this morning (34° F), but when the sun rose over
the distant pinnacles and lit our spruce plantation, the female Cooper’s Hawk
began calling from within: “whaaa… whaaa…. whaaa”. The Crows must have been
aware, but they ignored it. She went on giving these tripled
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