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For the first time this morning I too noted a very major change in my
feeder bird pattern.
Lots of blue jays and the mature Baltimore oriole have normally been
turning up just after the chickadees around 7:05-15am. followed by
mourning doves, woodpeckers and other small birds.
Today, the chickadees were on time, but jays (fewer than usual) and the
oriole did not appear till almost 7:30 by which point there were also a
few mourning doves (but I did not pay much attention to their numbers).
The jays and oriole stayed only a little time; the oriole, which I
watched in particular, came several times to his fruit and grape jelly,
poked at the jelly, but never ate any - totally unlike its usual
routine. I have seen neither jays or oriole since, though the chickadees
remain active.
For what it's worth in light of Jim's comment about suet, I put up a new
block a few days ago and was noticing that it was hardly being touched,
especially by the oriole, which normally fed frequently from it daily.
The chickadees and woodpeckers appear to have been feeding normally from
it though, so I have just left it up....
Eleanor Lindsay
Seabright, St Margarets Bay
On 23/11/2012 1:41 AM, James W. Wolford wrote:
> NOV. 20, 2012 - Regarding my bird feeders in Wolfville, I was away for
> two weeks and just resumed feeding again last Friday, Nov. 16. I have
> two tube-feeders that I fill every day with black-oil sunflower seeds,
> and normally these are both empty at the end of the day (when I
> collect the feeders to hide overnight from raccoons). But for the
> last few days, for some reason my regular 3-5 blue jays have slowed
> down considerably on their consumption, so that neither feeder is
> emptied. Is anyone else noticeing this phenomenon?
>
> Cheers from Jim in Wolfville
A few days ago the new block of suet suet I had put out appeared to be un
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feeder bird pattern.<br>
<br>
Lots of blue jays and the mature Baltimore oriole have normally been
turning up just after the chickadees around 7:05-15am. followed by
mourning doves, woodpeckers and other small birds.<br>
Today, the chickadees were on time, but jays (fewer than usual) and
the oriole did not appear till almost 7:30 by which point there were
also a few mourning doves (but I did not pay much attention to their
numbers). The jays and oriole stayed only a little time; the oriole,
which I watched in particular, came several times to his fruit and
grape jelly, poked at the jelly, but never ate any - totally unlike
its usual routine. I have seen neither jays or oriole since, though
the chickadees remain active.<br>
<br>
For what it's worth in light of Jim's comment about suet, I put up a
new block a few days ago and was noticing that it was hardly being
touched, especially by the oriole, which normally fed frequently
from it daily. The chickadees and woodpeckers appear to have been
feeding normally from it though, so I have just left it up....<br>
<br>
Eleanor Lindsay<br>
Seabright, St Margarets Bay<br>
<br>
<br>
<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 23/11/2012 1:41 AM, James W. Wolford
wrote:<br>
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<blockquote
cite="mid:959CE5AD-8CBB-442C-A85D-B7BD0B4BBBEC@eastlink.ca"
type="cite">NOV. 20, 2012 - Regarding my bird feeders in
Wolfville, I was away for two weeks and just resumed feeding again
last Friday, Nov. 16. I have two tube-feeders that I fill every
day with black-oil sunflower seeds, and normally these are both
empty at the end of the day (when I collect the feeders to hide
overnight from raccoons). But for the last few days, for some
reason my regular 3-5 blue jays have slowed down considerably on
their consumption, so that neither feeder is emptied. Is anyone
else noticeing this phenomenon?
<br>
<br>
Cheers from Jim in Wolfville
<br>
</blockquote>
A few days ago the new block of suet suet I had put out appeared to
be un
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