I've added a finch feeder to the array of sustenance dispensers for the little flying dinosaurs. As you can see, it looks like a mesh bag with some black stuff in it. The stuff is tiny seeds that the finches' little beaks are just perfect for getting to. It's taken a while for them to find it & get comfortable feeding from it, as close to the house as it is, but now they come by for a snack on a regular basis.In other feeder news, the squirrels chewed through the cord holding up one of the tube feeders & dropped it to the ground. Their plan back-fired a bit, as it was mostly empty anyway & it took a few weeks to get around to putting it back up (with a chain this time).
I am still fascinated by these little fellows. I really could just sit & watch them all day long.
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Fifteen years ago when we first began feeding the squirrels (oops! I mean birds)we tried several different deterrents. For awhile we were positive that we were inadvertently training one persistent fellow for the squirrel Olympics. One day we caught him upside down inching his way across the wire like a Marine on a rope bridge. We decided the only thing missing was the theme song to "Mission Impossible"! But, ever the Masters of the Universe, we prevailed and they get no more free dinners at our feeder...just took about 4 years!
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