Phyllis and Jim wrote:
Now that is impressive. Lots of work there. I like seeing it go up.
It will keep the pond cooler and less green in the heat. I like the
bird feeder. We have several in our yard and love them.

Looking at the neighborhood brought back my days in Cambridge. We
lived in Fulbourn and the Bar Hill between 70 and 73. The in the city
when we visited on sabbatical.

Congratulations.

Jim
The bird feeder used to be at the back of the house, which borders on a
school field. Have moved it to front on pergola........no birds Any idea
how I can 'tell' them it's there?
--
ßôyþëtë
London, UK

"BoyPete" wrote in message
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The bird feeder used to be at the back of the house, which borders on a
school field. Have moved it to front on pergola........no birds Any
idea how I can 'tell' them it's there?
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Fill it with sunflower seed. They'll soon be all over it. :-)) I still
have birds on my feeders and they're nesting already.
--

RM....
Frugal ponding since 1995.
rec.ponder since late 1996.
My Pond & Aquarium Pages:
http://tinyurl.com/9do58
Zone 6. Middle TN USA
ISP: Hughes.net
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Looks wonderful Pete, thanks for the slide show.

On Sat, 14 Apr 2007 21:38:45 CST, "Reel McKoi" wrote:

Fill it with sunflower seed. They'll soon be all over it. :-)) I still
have birds on my feeders and they're nesting already.

Hopefully you're talking the shelled kind?

I've slowly been moving away from the shells, what a mess. Course if it was
just birds it probably wouldn't be so bad. I have squirrels that eat & eat
&..... Why I've gone to the shell-less. I'm really thinking of weighing
both types and seeing just what is the break down price-wise.

Maybe someone has already done that? 50 lb bag w/shells, yields how many
lbs. of seed? I wonder if ask.com would know? ~ jan
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Zone 7a, SE Washington State
Ponds: www.jjspond.us

"~ jan" wrote in message
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Looks wonderful Pete, thanks for the slide show.

On Sat, 14 Apr 2007 21:38:45 CST, "Reel McKoi"
wrote:

Fill it with sunflower seed. They'll soon be all over it. :-)) I still
have birds on my feeders and they're nesting already.

Hopefully you're talking the shelled kind?

No. The "messy" kind. ;-) The feeders are out on the lawn so the hulls
just rot into the grass. Anything spilled is eaten by the wild doves.


I've slowly been moving away from the shells, what a mess. Course if it
was
just birds it probably wouldn't be so bad. I have squirrels that eat & eat
&..... Why I've gone to the shell-less. I'm really thinking of weighing
both types and seeing just what is the break down price-wise.

The neighbor's cats and Golden Retriever have discouraged squirrels (and
rabbits) from coming close to the houses anymore.

Maybe someone has already done that? 50 lb bag w/shells, yields how many
lbs. of seed? I wonder if ask.com would know? ~ jan

Post back and let us know.


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RM....
Frugal ponding since 1995.
rec.ponder since late 1996.
My Pond & Aquarium Pages:
http://tinyurl.com/9do58
Zone 6. Middle TN USA
ISP: Hughes.net
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On Sat, 14 Apr 2007 17:35:07 CST, "BoyPete"
wrote:

The bird feeder used to be at the back of the house, which borders on a
school field. Have moved it to front on pergola........no birds Any idea
how I can 'tell' them it's there?

I'd try to keep it a secret, or move it away from the pond. I have a
few that visit my pond for water and am sure they bring in some
parasites, but I can't shoot them it is too close.

Regards,

Hal

"Hal" wrote in message
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I'd try to keep it a secret, or move it away from the pond. I have a
few that visit my pond for water and am sure they bring in some
parasites, but I can't shoot them it is too close.
==============================
If you're in the USA the only birds I am ware of that you can legally shoot
are the English Sparrows and the European Starlings.
--
RM....
Frugal ponding since 1995.
rec.ponder since late 1996.
My Pond & Aquarium Pages:
http://tinyurl.com/9do58
Zone 6. Middle TN USA
ISP: Hughes.net
~~~~ }((((* ~~~ }{{{{(ö

Reel McKoi wrote:
"Hal" wrote in message
...
I'd try to keep it a secret, or move it away from the pond. I have a
few that visit my pond for water and am sure they bring in some
parasites, but I can't shoot them it is too close.
==============================
If you're in the USA the only birds I am ware of that you can
legally shoot are the English Sparrows and the European Starlings.

HUH!! What's wrong with our sparrows and starlings?
--
ßôyþëtë
London, UK

"BoyPete" wrote in message
...
Reel McKoi wrote:
"Hal" wrote in message
...
I'd try to keep it a secret, or move it away from the pond. I have a
few that visit my pond for water and am sure they bring in some
parasites, but I can't shoot them it is too close.
==============================
If you're in the USA the only birds I am ware of that you can
legally shoot are the English Sparrows and the European Starlings.

HUH!! What's wrong with our sparrows and starlings?
--
ßôyþëtë
London, UK
==================================
They're very aggressive and push the native birds aside for food and nesting
space. :*(
--

RM....
Frugal ponding since 1995.
rec.ponder since late 1996.
My Pond & Aquarium Pages:
http://tinyurl.com/9do58
Zone 6. Middle TN USA
ISP: Hughes.net
~~~~ }((((* ~~~ }{{{{(ö

RM is right. We imported them and made a mistake. They have thrived
and are considered vermin as a non-native species that threaten native
birds.

Like the rock doves we brought over...think pigeons!

Jim

BoyPete wrote:

Reel McKoi wrote:
"Hal" wrote in message
...
I'd try to keep it a secret, or move it away from the pond. I have a
few that visit my pond for water and am sure they bring in some
parasites, but I can't shoot them it is too close.
==============================
If you're in the USA the only birds I am ware of that you can
legally shoot are the English Sparrows and the European Starlings.

HUH!! What's wrong with our sparrows and starlings?

They're disgusting pests, that belong on your side of the pond (where, as I
recall, they weren't disgusting pests). I was only 11 when I left England,
so my recollection could be wrong, but I don't remember seeing flocks of
several hundred, to thousands, of starlings. House sparrows kill many of
the birds that compete (poorly) for similar food and shelter. I used to
put up nest boxes for Tree Swallows, but it got too depressing when I kept
finding them dead, killed by House Sparrows.
--
derek
- Unless otherwise noted, I speak for myself, not rec.ponds.moderated
moderators.

"Derek Broughton" wrote in message
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They're disgusting pests, that belong on your side of the pond (where, as
I
recall, they weren't disgusting pests). I was only 11 when I left
England,
so my recollection could be wrong, but I don't remember seeing flocks of
several hundred, to thousands, of starlings. House sparrows kill many of
the birds that compete (poorly) for similar food and shelter. I used to
put up nest boxes for Tree Swallows, but it got too depressing when I kept
finding them dead, killed by House Sparrows.
==========================
We've always had huge monster flocks of noisy poop-producing starlings here
in TN, but for the first time since I moved here in 1979, I now see English
sparrows outside the cities. They'd hang around fast food restaurant
parking lots and munch everything from greasy French fries people dropped to
rotten burgers in the dumpsters. I almost always see a few in the Wal*Mart
parking lot. Now that it's building up out here in the boondocks, I've seen
a few of them on my feeders. The invasion has begun........
--
RM....
Frugal ponding since 1995.
rec.ponder since late 1996.
My Pond & Aquarium Pages:
http://tinyurl.com/9do58
Zone 6. Middle TN USA
ISP: Hughes.net
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