Subject: [Tweeters] RE: Feeding Bandtails
Date: Mar 19 10:12:07 2008
From: gorgebirds at juno.com - gorgebirds at juno.com


I also feed Band-tailed Pigeons at my platform feeders but use rolled
corn as it is larger which allows them to chow down faster. The birds at
our feeders are very wary and flush when they see a person near a window
so I wanted them to be able to get the maximum amount of feed in as short
of time as possible. I tried whole corn but the jays and squirrels buried
it everywhere and then I had to pull the sprouted plants from my gardens.
Corn also used to be cheap but that era is now gone with demand for it
for bio-diesel.

Wilson Cady
Washougal, WA

On Wed, 19 Mar 2008 06:14:48 -0700 "Eric Kowalczyk"
<aceros at mindspring.com> writes:
Dear Richard,


I have no interest in attracting 80-100 birds, so I think I will stick
with the tube feeders and let the birds work for their food. Call it
enrichment! The reason I wrote the post was because I had heard that this
species was declining in the urban area. Thanks for the response.

Eric


----- Original Message -----
From: richard w mclachlin
To: aceros at mindspring.com
Sent: 3/18/2008 9:09:03 PM
Subject: Feeding Bandtails


Hello, I have a house on Kent west Hill, just above the Smith Brothers
Dairy on S. 277. From 92 to 03 I erected three 12" x 12" platform
feeders in an attempt to attract Bandtails. I succeeded beyond my
wildest dreams. I went from a few "fly by's" to 80-100 birds daily in
about six months. I was going through four 40 lb. bags of black oil
sunflower from Del's Farm Supply monthly.Don't live there any more, but
thought I'd pass it on. WBU sells the platforms.
Richard & Louise McLachlin
Newcastle
mclachlin at juno.com


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