Monday, February 7, 2011
Feeding the Birds
It's funny, during the growing season I curse the birds. We're not friends. They eat my sowed seeds, steal my seedlings, poop everywhere and wreak havoc on the berries. But this winter it has been especially harsh, with unprecedented amounts of snow in our area. We had the snowiest January ever! And so I feel bad for them, and almost compelled to feed them. So I put out a suet for them to eat. I have no tree branches low enough to hang this on, and I don't own any shepherd's hooks, so I hung it on our chain link fence. It's been hanging there for a week. I haven't seen any birds by it yet. I think they haven't found it. LOL. Maybe I'll pick up a shepherd's hook soon so the birds can actually see there is food available to them. You see birds, how nice I'm being to you? You better repay the favor come spring and leave my plants alone. ;) And yes I know, there are some beneficial birds out there that eat bugs and the like, but mine seem to like eating my plants. Those can find a new home.
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I use those same suet baskets and pack them with dryer lint and dog hair off the brush and the birds take it for their nests!
ReplyDeleteYes those crazy birds can be trouble makers in the garden but in the end I think they do a lot more good then bad. We always have to share our strawberries with spring robins.:)
ReplyDeleteHi Meems, we finally had to put netting over our garden to keep the birds from eating all the blossoms off our peas last spring. There are just some things you have to do. ;)
ReplyDeleteOh, it's a love/hate thing here too with the birds! I love having them but right now they're eating me out of house and home. Plus some of them decided to eat every one of my chard plants! So now I'm having to start the chard indoors and get them much bigger before putting outside.
ReplyDeleteSometimes it takes awhile for the birds to find the new feeders, once they find it they'll be regulars. We've been pretty lucky about birds eating our fruit here, although last year some discovered the blueberries.
ReplyDeleteI hope you have good bird karma this year and since you're feeding them, they'll leave your seedlings alone! =0)
ReplyDeleteWell the boogers can be pesky, but think about how many insects they are eating too :)
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