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For The Birders

Here's one of our hummers.

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This is one of my favourite birds. It's a White Breasted Nuthatch. They like to feed coming headfirst down trees, so once in a while this one leans back, tips over, and dangles upside down from the perch! :lol: :lol: :lol:

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This is how we deal with the magpie problem in our yard. Roger is enjoying his dinner under the magpie proof cover on the cat house. Without the wire, the magpies will eat more than the cats do! :x

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Les said:
I dont know too much about blue jays but i would have to say magpies are worse than crows.(might be a toss up)magpies eat more cat food than the cats do.I had to start feeding the cats in a old building here ,so they couldnt steal all the food. Worked for a little while then they started going onto the old building thro a broken window and hopping quite a ways to get the food.had to board up the window.
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Same with pinion jays :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad:
 
Les said:
I got lots more if you would like em?
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:? Hey....I thought we were in this together,you give two away,same person has to take five of mine :P

They're really becoming pests in this awesome weather :?
 
um? well when I said i have lots I meant we lol..I tossed out some old bread the other day and in about 5 min. they were swarming the place.I had no idea we even had that many of em here.
 
We only have two in the winter. These birds are so smart it's scary. They nest and raise a really noisy batch of young ones every summer, usually right outside our window. :roll: :roll: :roll: :roll: In the late summer they all disappear. We put two and two together when we noticed the adults came back when it snowed. They take the youngsters away when they can fly, and then ditch them wherever it is, and come back alone! 8) 8) 8) 8)

Means more cat food for them.......
 
Kato said:
We only have two in the winter. These birds are so smart it's scary. They nest and raise a really noisy batch of young ones every summer, usually right outside our window. :roll: :roll: :roll: :roll: In the late summer they all disappear. We put two and two together when we noticed the adults came back when it snowed. They take the youngsters away when they can fly, and then ditch them wherever it is, and come back alone! 8) 8) 8) 8)

Means more cat food for them.......
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I know where they ditch the babies :? :wink:
 
Mrs.Greg said:
Kato said:
We only have two in the winter. These birds are so smart it's scary. They nest and raise a really noisy batch of young ones every summer, usually right outside our window. :roll: :roll: :roll: :roll: In the late summer they all disappear. We put two and two together when we noticed the adults came back when it snowed. They take the youngsters away when they can fly, and then ditch them wherever it is, and come back alone! 8) 8) 8) 8)

Means more cat food for them.......
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I know where they ditch the babies :? :wink:
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LOL...if they're so very smart maybe you can teach them to eat their young and save themselves a trip. win/win
hmm, thinking it further thru I'm not sure how you'd go about teaching them that. maybe with chicken? or tofu, like tofu turkey is tofurkey. you could make baby tofagpies.
 
Les said:
Here are some of those Magpies I am tryin to give away..
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We used to (30 years ago) have hundreds (thousands) of magpies around here-especially when we had the feedlot operating--all chattering all the time- now you seldom see one- or hear one....

Some have told me that the chemicals and sprays have killed them out- others think that the raccoons are getting all their eggs....The magpies started dying out about the time the coons moved into the area...
Not sure but something sure depleted their populations.....
 

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