Guardians of The Lambsfoot!

donn said:
I don't know Dave, you keep us lot entertained. And that's a full-time job for anyone. :cool::thumbsup:
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David, you do the main documentaries and I do the cartoons just like the Saturday matinee at the Roxy Theater. :thumbsup::p
donn said:
Stunning Dave! You know what, if I lived there I'd buy a damned huge brass harbour master's telescope and sit on my deck all day looking at that view. :thumbsup:
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That's a great idea! Except the neighbors will think I'm spying on them.:oops::D
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dc50 said:
That's a pretty cool feeder, :thumbsup::cool:John. The Town bylaw only allows bird feeders to be hung around here from December 1 to March 31.
Because they attract the Bears to your back door :eek:
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That could be an issue for sure.
I'm sure there will be many other critters enjoying it at night.
Luckily, I don't think mountain lions are attracted to bird feeders... At least I hope not :eek:
 
Pardon me if this has been asked before, considering the interest in this thread, why don't American companies produce this blade shape? Or do They?
 
JohnDF said:
That could be an issue for sure.
I'm sure there will be many other critters enjoying it at night.
Luckily, I don't think mountain lions are attracted to bird feeders... At least I hope not :eek:
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I don't think they are, they seem to like puppies and kitties as well as children at least around here. Two winters ago I was picking up passengers in Banff and there was one wandering down the main street. :eek: I called the Wardens office quick like a bunny, because at 05:00 there are a lot of young people starting their shifts at the restaurants and hotels.
 
dc50 said:
I don't think they are, they seem to like puppies and kitties as well as children at least around here. Two winters ago I was picking up passengers in Banff and there was one wandering down the main street. :eek: I called the Wardens office quick like a bunny, because at 05:00 there are a lot of young people starting their shifts at the restaurants and hotels.
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We've had a couple of them that had to be removed from trees at the local elementary schools in town. :eek:
 
JohnDF said:
That could be an issue for sure.
I'm sure there will be many other critters enjoying it at night.
Luckily, I don't think mountain lions are attracted to bird feeders... At least I hope not :eek:
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Mountain lions are attracted to almost everything that is attracted to a bird feeder, (which is almost everything) -food chain and all.
I don't want to kill your excitement, but.....Bird feeders attract rodents
Edit: (mice) and cause them to FLOURISH. Read up on it and do what you can. (NEVER put any bird seed/food on the ground!!!!)
Enjoy the birds though!:thumbsup:;)
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JohnDF JohnDF if you have many squirrels you won't have to worry about the bird seed because they will empty it as fast as you fill it. It is very difficult to place feeders in a place that is inaccessible to em. I tried eliminating them and finally realized that's an impossibility.
 
Y'all need the ROLLER FEEDER. You can place it 6" off the ground and gray or red squirrels and raccoons simply can not get to the seed. A bear or more aggressive animal of course is pretty much impossible to beat. It took me 12 years of experimenting to devise truly squirrel & raccoon proof bird feed stations but for the last 6 years or so I have it.

2 things have saved me. 1) the Roller Feeder 2) I use an 18" mooring ball on the pole between the ground and the 5' 3" high platform feeder. Squirrels and raccoons simply cannot crawl over the mooring ball. Great entertainment watching squirrels do a running start - hit the ball and then do a complete backwards somersault as they fly back to the ground.

Rodents? I guess. I do see mice at night and squirrels are considered rodents. My feeders are 40' feet away from the house or hanging off the porch on a 3' foot horizontal. Rodents are not a problem. The flying squirrels can easily get into the Roller Feeder but fortunately they live in my neighbors attic. :confused: :)

So we are now all living in a peaceable kingdom. I do put out some seed on the ground as a token gesture to the squirrels. They seem to appreciate it. Have cut back on that very hard though because I started having problems with turkeys. They make the ground look like a moonscape after weeks of 18 or more turkeys scraping away. Still see foxes eating seeds off the ground - day or night and once had a deer licking out of the platform feeder. Yup - I look out a night with a flashlight. Amazing all the action out there.

Sorry Jack and Guardians - no lamb foot content. That - I promise - is coming, hopefully sooner than later but I just had to chime in on this bird feeder discussion.

Ray
 
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