It surprised me that the numbers are down anywhere at all. Last fall, there were flocks of over 100 birds, sometimes four flocks at a time crossing back and forth on the cascara trees feeding on the berries.
They sounded like a waterfall when they took to the sky.
Clarence Lupo
Onalaska, WA.

----- Original Message -----
From: Eric Kowalczyk
To: tweeters
Sent: Wednesday, March 19, 2008 6:14 AM
Subject: [Tweeters] RE: Feeding Bandtails


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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