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    Blue Jays?

    They just might. I had some here for the first time last winter (we just moved here a year and a half ago). They stayed all winter, into spring but in late spring, they all left and I never saw them all summer long. Then, around the middle of August, I started hearing and seeing them again...
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    Comment by 'Tammie' in media 'Banded Mongoose'

    Now that's a very cool looking animal! :)
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    Today at the feeder

    Hey Sara! I saw a hummer in my backyard last night around 7:00 pm! I hadn't seen any in a whole week, since the 13th, so I was positive they were gone but there she was at the feeder for a quick sip. She then flew into the backyard trees and harassed a chickadee before she took off toward my...
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    Today at the feeder

    Sure you are, Neil! ;) Just you wait, one of these years, one will show up in my backyard. :flyaway:
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    Today at the feeder

    Hi Sara... Dan's still around a bit... I saw him recently on another newsgroup. I'm sure he'll be along. Cute puppy!! What was the poor thing doing wandering around alone at that tender age tho'?! She certainly is lucky you found her. Are you keeping her now? I see the poodle finally shows...
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    Ice-Free for Bird Baths

    Down to only -4c .... I don't suppose they make anything that would work down to -40c ????
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    Today at the feeder

    Lovely! As I type this, I have my french door open onto the backyard. All I can hear are chickadees (finally!) and goldfinches and sparrows. It's a wonderful sound. I call it Kitty Theater as the cats sit at the screen and just watch (since they're not allowed outside). They sit mesmerised...
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    Hello Folks

    Hello and welcome from Canada. Hope you enjoy your time here.
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    Total birding rookie

    Hi and welcome from Northern Ontario, Canada too... I agree with Richie... this is a much safer place to be than out bike riding when birding is so new. ;)
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    Hello

    Hi and Welcome from Northern Ontario, Canada. Care to elaborate a little more clearly than 'Earth' for your whereabouts?? ;)
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    Hummer!

    A 0nce-in-a-lifetime shot, for sure.
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    Sterilizing feeders for storage

    But the difference here is that it's such a minute amount of bleach you are using and you're only rinsing it in a mild bleach solution for a couple of minutes, not hours. Plus as far as I know, any residual bleach left after a thorough rinsing in hot water, will evaporate. Done properly, there...
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    Sterilizing feeders for storage

    Kaattttttttttttttttttttttyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy!!!! :) Hi! I'm by no means a 'hummer expert' but I've always used the bleach solution for glass AND for plastic with no troubles. The mixture is weak enough that it does the job but doesn't harm anything. I still think it works much better than...
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    3 toughest songbirds at your feeder?

    Hmmmm... that's a tough one. The scrappiest birds at any of my feeders are by far, the hummingbirds. They'll chase ANYTHING away! After that would be ... I don't know.... none of smaller birds are really that scrappy. It's always the larger ones that pick the fights.
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    After the Hummers Have Gone.......

    Suet does not have to be hanging in a tree for a woodpecker to go to it. I usually hang mine off a shepherd's hook AWAY from the trees (near enough for them to use the trees for protection but far enough so a squirrel can't jump) to avoid the squirrels and the woodies go to it with no problem...
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    After the Hummers Have Gone.......

    Oddly enough, I seldom have trouble with squirrels raiding suet. I used to have all kinds of problems with starlings doing that tho' so I started hanging the suet feeders upside down and left them really wobbly. We placed a piece of aluminum on the bottom, the size of the cage so the starlings...
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    After the Hummers Have Gone.......

    Hi! Hummers are wonderful and I dearly miss them when they leave, but they are by no means the only birds I feed. I try to attract many different species: In the summer: I'll have hummers along with evening grosbeaks, hairy and downy woodpeckers, purple finches, American goldfinches...
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    taking feeders down?

    Hi Mark, I never know now up here if I'm going to see a hummingbird again past Sept. 5 or so. To have one still around on Sept 13 is pretty impressive. I have fresh nectar cooling on the counter right now so I'll be giving her some fresh food shortly. Haven't seen her now in two days but...
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    taking feeders down?

    Hi Sue, Like these folks have already said, leaving the feeders up does not stop them from migrating. It's natural instinct for them to leave. I always leave my feeders up until I haven't seen them for a few weeks. I also mark the last sighting on the calendar so I can be certain of when...
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    Counting the days

    I'll put some extra postage on his back if you'll send me something 'refreshing' in return. I'd be happy with a great spotted or green woodpecker.... maybe a robin ... or a long tailed or blue tit... a European goldfinch .... I'm not picky!! ;)
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    Counting the days

    Hi Stephen, It's getting pretty quiet around here too. Hardly any grackles this fall and so far, no starlings or red winged blackbirds at all... quite strange. I have what appears to be only one hummingbird left. Most of the purple finches have gone too. The black capped chickadees and blue...
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    Skype- cool tool.

    Not yet but if that's the case, it should be here by the end of the week. Thank you! :) :flowers:
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    Skype- cool tool.

    You know, Alan, you can use a microphone for instant messaging too, instead of typing. And not have to pay anything extra!
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    Comment by 'Tammie' in media 'Northern Cardinal'

    The female is just as beautiful in her own right. What a pretty photo.
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    Hello form Canada

    There, now that wasn't so difficult, was it?? ;) Hello and welcome from a fellow Canadian. Hope you enjoy your time here.
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