Subject: Re: Feeder Birds in the Seattle Area
Date: Nov 9 16:15:20 1997
From: Anthony - paulkrik at eskimo.com


Thanks for the tips. I am sure they will help.

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>Hello Anthony,
>This To Start 6 Species Is Pretty Good.It's Depend Where You Living .We
>Living In A Housing Comminity Where We Have Lots Of Fir-Trees It Calls
>Fircrest.Our Yard List Was 96 Last Year Listed In Washinton Birders.We Have
>Three Suet Feeders Hanging 4 Big Tube Feeders We Mix With Crushed Unsalted
>Peanuts.We Buy 50 Pounds,At Nellys And We Have 3 Birth-Bath Dripping Water
>In Winter We Put Millet On The Ground For The Juncos And Sparrows.Also We
>Had 28 Varied-Trushes Last Year.We pUT Hole Nuts Out For Theme.Apples And A
>Ground Feeder With Suet.
>Suet Is My One Recipe Of: Lard, Peanut-Butter Corn-Meal, Oats And Crushed
>Peanuts.All The Birds Are Attracted To The Suet. I Have The Ruby-Crown
>Kinglet Hooked On Suet.
>THE QUIRLS AND CATS ARE MY ONLY PROBLEM ,But You Can Deal With This Too
>Ruth
>GODWIT at worldnet.att.net
>
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>> From: Anthony <paulkrik at eskimo.com>
>> To: tweeters at u.washington.edu
>> Subject: Feeder Birds in the Seattle Area
>> Date: Saturday, November 08, 1997 4:43 PM
>>
>> Greetings. I am new to the bird feeding, watching and photographing
>> activity. I have several feeders near my patio and they seem to attract
>> only about 6 kinds of birds. Black capped chickadees, Oregon Junkos,
>> Finches, and some house sparrows. Occasionally a flicker will drop in,
>> and last summer a common yellowthroat showed up for a few weeks. That's
>> about it. Is there any secret or technique to attracting a broader
>variety
>> of birds? Do the grey squirrels scare some birds away?
>> Thanks.
>>
>> Anthony Debase
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