Birds and the heat
 

Regularly feed the local birds. When I put out a seed feeder, it is
normally all gone within 24 hours. I put out one on Wednesday morning,
and now 4 days later it is still half full!

There seem to be a couple of sparrows, and the odd tit around, but
nothing like last week. Do you thinlk they've gone off their food
because of the heat?

(It is not that they been attracted by someone elses feeder, as there
are only a few houses here, and only a couple of those feed the birds)


--
Roger T

700 ft up in Mid-Wales

Birds and the heat
 

On Sun, 2 Oct 2011 12:02:58 +0100, Roger Tonkin
wrote:

Regularly feed the local birds. When I put out a seed feeder, it is
normally all gone within 24 hours. I put out one on Wednesday morning,
and now 4 days later it is still half full!

There seem to be a couple of sparrows, and the odd tit around, but
nothing like last week. Do you thinlk they've gone off their food
because of the heat?

(It is not that they been attracted by someone elses feeder, as there
are only a few houses here, and only a couple of those feed the birds)

No change round here - still as greedy as ever. We get a quiet period
at the feeders in spring but that is usually because they're attacking
the crab apples and anything else with a berry on it. Is it possible
there's a plentiful supply of autumn berries somewhere around you?
There's not that much autumn berrying around here apart from my
pyracantha and that's already been stripped. For some reason they
generally ignore the crab apples until the spring.

Cheers, Jake
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URGling from the less wet end of Swansea Bay in between
sweeping up leaves by the cubic metre!

www.rivendell.org.uk

Birds and the heat
 

On 02/10/2011 12:02, Roger Tonkin wrote:
Regularly feed the local birds. When I put out a seed feeder, it is
normally all gone within 24 hours. I put out one on Wednesday morning,
and now 4 days later it is still half full!

There seem to be a couple of sparrows, and the odd tit around, but
nothing like last week. Do you thinlk they've gone off their food
because of the heat?

(It is not that they been attracted by someone elses feeder, as there
are only a few houses here, and only a couple of those feed the birds)




Maybe they're enjoying lots of juicy spiderlings :~( and other juicy
creatures. Also, there's a good crop of berries this autumn.

--
Spider
from high ground in SE London
gardening on clay

Birds and the heat
 

On Sun, 2 Oct 2011 12:02:58 +0100, Roger Tonkin
wrote:

Regularly feed the local birds. When I put out a seed feeder, it is
normally all gone within 24 hours. I put out one on Wednesday morning,
and now 4 days later it is still half full!

There seem to be a couple of sparrows, and the odd tit around, but
nothing like last week. Do you thinlk they've gone off their food
because of the heat?

(It is not that they been attracted by someone elses feeder, as there
are only a few houses here, and only a couple of those feed the birds)


Same here - although they appeared yesterday afternoon for a feast.

I assume some of the zillions of spiders are keeping them busy.
--
http://www.voucherfreebies.co.uk

Birds and the heat
 

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Regularly feed the local birds. When I put out a seed feeder, it is
normally all gone within 24 hours. I put out one on Wednesday morning,
and now 4 days later it is still half full!

There seem to be a couple of sparrows, and the odd tit around, but
nothing like last week. Do you thinlk they've gone off their food
because of the heat?

(It is not that they been attracted by someone elses feeder, as there
are only a few houses here, and only a couple of those feed the birds)

They are back!!

After three weeks of abscence, the birds have returned in the usual
voracious manner, devouring the seed feeder in less than a day. Well
most of it. They tend to throw the bits they dont like (larger wheat
like seeds) onto the lawn. Usually these are cleared up by larger birds
like pheasants, but they have not re-appeared - I think the shooting was
good this year!

--
Roger T

700 ft up in Mid-Wales