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We too are seeing lots of young birds at our feeders. Immature
Chickadees, Song Sparrows, amd House Sparrows are coming to the
sunflower seed tube feeder. Downy woodpeckers and European starlings
have brought their young to the peanut feeder. The backyard is busy
every day.
As Lois says, we are watching carefully for any signs of disease.
Trichmoniasis has been affecting finches in Nova Scotia for at least 10
years but we have never seen affected birds at our feeders.
We have limited our feeding to the two feeders. The sunflower one
doesn't allow the seeds to get wet in any weather. We have no tray
feeders and there are two pigeons that eat the small amount of spillage
from the sunflower feeder.
Don
Don MacNeill donmacneill@bellaliant.net
On 8/22/2017 10:13 PM, Lois Codling wrote:
> Hi Suzanne,
>
> We have considered the disease problem, and decided to proceed with
> caution with our feeding and watering. If we start to see sick birds
> we will reconsider. So far, so good. We clean and disinfect our
> feeders and bird baths more often than usual, and put out less seed so
> that there is none lying around. We have Am. Goldfinch, and Purple
> Finch, and nobody is sick yet. We are retired, so spend a fair bit of
> time watching, feeding and watering our birds. So we will notice if
> there is a problem.
>
> Many years ago I read that more birds die in summer than in winter
> because the young birds can't find enough food. Since then we have
> fed them summer and winter, and we have many young birds right now.
> They have learned that we are a dependable source of food and water.
> I really don't want to starve them now.
>
> Lois Codling
>
>
> On 8/22/2017 7:22 AM, Suzanne Townsend wrote:
>> Aren't we all supposed to have the birdbaths put away along with the
>> feeders?
>>
>> On Mon, Aug 21, 2017 at 10:06 PM Lois Codling
>> <loiscodling@hfx.eastlink.ca <mailto:loiscodling@hfx.eastlink.ca>> wrote:
>>
>> Flocks of warblers, mostly young ones, have been passing through our
>> garden for most of August. Today was the max. number of species
>> - 9.
>> We can't get anything done! They are really attracted to the
>> birdbath
>> on these hot days, esp. before the rain on Friday.
>>
>> Lois Codling
>>
>
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<font face="Calibri">We too are seeing lots of young birds at our
feeders. Immature Chickadees, Song Sparrows, amd House Sparrows
are coming to the sunflower seed tube feeder. Downy woodpeckers
and European starlings have brought their young to the peanut
feeder. The backyard is busy every day.<br>
<br>
As Lois says, we are watching carefully for any signs of disease.
Trichmoniasis has been affecting finches in Nova Scotia for at
least 10 years but we have never seen affected birds at our
feeders.<br>
<br>
We have limited our feeding to the two feeders. The sunflower one
doesn't allow the seeds to get wet in any weather. We have no
tray feeders and there are two pigeons that eat the small amount
of spillage from the sunflower feeder.<br>
<br>
Don<br>
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<div class="moz-signature">Don MacNeill
donmacneill@bellaliant.net</div>
<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 8/22/2017 10:13 PM, Lois Codling
wrote:<br>
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Hi Suzanne,<br>
<br>
We have considered the disease problem, and decided to proceed
with caution with our feeding and watering. If we start to see
sick birds we will reconsider. So far, so good. We clean and
disinfect our feeders and bird baths more often than usual, and
put out less seed so that there is none lying around. We have Am.
Goldfinch, and Purple Finch, and nobody is sick yet. We are
retired, so spend a fair bit of time watching, feeding and
watering our birds. So we will notice if there is a problem.<br>
<br>
Many years ago I read that more birds die in summer than in winter
because the young birds can't find enough food. Since then we
have fed them summer and winter, and we have many young birds
right now. They have learned that we are a dependable source of
food and water. I really don't want to starve them now.<br>
<br>
Lois Codling<br>
<br>
<br>
<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 8/22/2017 7:22 AM, Suzanne
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put away along with the feeders?</div>
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of warblers, mostly young ones, have been passing through
our<br>
garden for most of August. Today was the max. number of
species - 9. <br>
We can't get anything done! They are really attracted to
the birdbath<br>
on these hot days, esp. before the rain on Friday.<br>
<br>
Lois Codling<br>
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