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squirrel's nuts

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serenity

i spend a lot of time sat in a chair by the window. this window overlooks the perimeter hedge of my garden.
its about 10 ft tall and has a lot of wild birds(sparrows, blue tits, robins and some other types as well) who sit and rest during their days flight.
i decided to buy a bird seed bell to give them something to eat as the weather changes.

bad movesmiley - blue

im now over run with birds. so as i was getting through these seed bells rather too quickly, i invested in a couple of bird feeders. one for nuts and one for bird seed.

now, im sure these birds must be sending messages to the wildlife in my area as im inundated with them and ive had to buy another feeder to cope with the masses. its quite nice to see the regulars who feed each daysmiley - smiley

but at the same time, the message has got to a couple of grey squirrels. they turn up every morning at 10.15am on the dot. im sure they must wear a watch. they have practically destroyed the one feeder and made the nuts fall onto the groundsmiley - grr where they sit and eat them.
they are also so brave that they sit there and ignore the flash from my camera as i take pictures of evidence.

its quite an experience to sit and watch this happeningsmiley - smiley






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smurfles

oohh helen,,i smiley - lovewatching ing them..i did a posting on another thread ad a short while ago about our squirrel.they can be very destrutructive,,,,,but the theyre briliant to watch.i went ent through the camera bit as well..
we have a pond ad and waterfall thingy in the gaden,and we get frogs as well.and the he birds go and get washed in the waterfall!!!we had a bird i had never seen before the otheother day,,apparently ily i am informed ..it's a jay...beautiful colours.and we have wood pidgeons to too..a bit noisy ,but very interteresting to watch.i could enjoy watching them forages.xxxx


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Post 3

Paganmoon - Crazy as Ever


helen smiley - hug
awwww hun, it sounds wonderful... i want a piccie... lol..... awwww bless....
we get birds flitting about but they don't stay, prob coz of the cats... hubby put a feeder on one of the trees, but it's barely used, unless it's swingin' too much, don't know...
we get a lot of wood pidgeons too sal.... they make a funny noise.... rather like a cuckoo with hichups..... sort of cuckoo-huck... lol....
we too have a pond with a waterfall but the birds don't seem to bother with it..... the bloody dog does tho', has a crafty swig from the waterfall.....
saw a robin the other week too....
smiley - love sheryl.... xxxx


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Pinky

Hi Helen how lucky you are !!!!! I too have a fairly large garden and have bought every type of seed for YEARS,the birds around here will not touch it !!! I have no idea why !! One thing I can say,the mesh type seed holders make gorgeous nanging baskets.The seeds in mine actually rooted and grew.All I can think is we must have cordon bleu worms in the garden hahaha See you soon Love Pinky


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~:*-Venus-*:~

Hi Helen
I too have a large garden,that backs onto an orchard. Lots of different types of birds come into the garden smiley - smiley along with rabbits, which eat all my bulbs and dig up my lawn smiley - grr badgers which ate my fence!! to make a hole big enough to get get through, who then preceded to dig craters in my lawn and ate half my plants! smiley - grr...I got pecked by a baby woodpecker, when rescuing it from a neighbours cat smiley - sadface oh how i love wildlife....when its not destroying my garden or attacking me! smiley - erm


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smurfles

hi all,i love wildlife too.....venus,your ur garden sounds wonderfulful.
if anyone has problems atracracting the birds.....buy a fat ball..we buy them in bags gs of 6,and they love ee em!!!!we have a bird tableble in the garden wel away from om house,and we put nuts,bread,seeds and fat fat balls on it..then hang bags of seeds o the the edges,and itsits lovely to watch..its just a shame that the garden isnt as nie nie as it should be!!!!!!..i have a lovely two foot tall sunflower just flowering as well...watcatch out for the sunflower seedsds!!!!!


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Post 7

Pinky

Thanks smurfies ,I'll try that fat at ball and let you know !!! Our birds just hate seeds !!!! See you later


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Post 8

serenity

its costing me a fortune everytime i go to the pet shopsmiley - wah


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Post 9

smurfles

hi therthere,,we use the gardgarden centre helen....its a fair bit cheaper..


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Post 10

serenity

our garden centres tend to put the price up, so i usually use a market stall.
but as they were eating it, quicker than i could buy it, i went to the pet shop. im sure im feeding every bird and squirrel in telfordsmiley - biggrin


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Post 11

Pinky

Well I have decided to make my own cakes for the birds !!! Recipes would be gratefully accepted..... Pinky x


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Post 12

smurfles

<i will try and take apart a fat ball later on pn pinky,maybe tha that would give you some ideas???smiley - yukx


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Post 13

serenity

ive got a brilliant recipe for carrot cake if thats any helpsmiley - biggrin


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Post 14

smurfles

helen....you cant give carot cake te to the birds!!!!!!it would have to get past st me first!!!ismiley - lovecarrot cake.xxxx


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Post 15

Pinky

Hahahaha I'm partial to a little carrot cake myself ha hahaha.I just wondered which fat is used in making the fat balls ??/? See you all soon Pinky x


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Post 16

serenity

i was told to use any old cooking fat.
i dont know if birds are partial to bacon drippingsmiley - biggrin


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Post 17

Pinky

Morning ,do you mean like lard ???? I thinink birds do like bacon fa fat you know.I am certain my Grandma used to give them fried bacon rind every morning !!! Love Pinky x


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Post 18

serenity

morning pinkysmiley - smiley

i was told to use the 'lard' from the frying pan after you had cooked the bacon.
i suppose that you could cut off the fat from the bacon and mix it in with the bird seed.

ive invested in some plastic vending cups and im going to have a go at making some. blue peter style..lol.


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Pinky

Yes I remember Blue Peter did make them.WHY didn't I pay attention ??? i think nk I may wait until you hu have t tried them out first hahha I'm not the best of cooks hahaha Love Pinky x


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Post 20

serenity

thanks.
and here is me hoping that you were going to try it first and tell me how you got onsmiley - biggrin

gotta go now. time to wake up grumpy gobsmiley - wah

speak soon..

smiley - rose


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