So I've been noticing this week that the bird seed is getting completely eaten - which is fine, I don't mind that. I don't mind that all the seed gets eaten in the platform and upcycled feeders - the squirrels have easy access, and I really don't care if they eat some of the seed; they tend to leave the safflower and really the squirrels don't come by until the afternoon anyway. What I do care about is that I filled up the tube feeder this morning and by the time I came home it was completely empty. Like I never even touched it. I'm very confused, I didn't think the squirrels were getting to it, but maybe they are? But then, since the feeder is cheap plastic, I would have figured that they would have just chewed through the feeder instead of methodically going through the little feed holes at the bottom...
Oh the confusion.
I foresee me sitting by the window all day on Sunday looking for the culprit.
I can't do it tomorrow though because there's things to be done - specifically a birding seminar, the East Austin Garden Fare and the Wildflower Center plant sale.
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What seed was in it? Sparrows clean us out the quickest (but only in winter). This time of year we get mostly doves, but they are daintier eaters than the sparrows and only seem to eat at the platform feeder or what gets knocked to the ground by the finches at the hopper feeder. I do feel happier about our mourning doves now that I know they are having trouble with illness up in Austin. We have a couple of nesting pairs. They are dumb birds! They always build their nests in the worst possible locations and then lose their eggs to wind or predators. Did you find your seed eating culprits today?
The seed was a mix of black oil, safflower, and thistle. And I think I decided it really was actually the doves - they've taken to trying to get seed from the feeder, which causes a little to fall out, and then the next time they have a go, a little more falls out, etc.
Where have the finches gone in the last couple of weeks?
American finches migrate north for the summer. Lesser Finches, i believe, will stay in texas, but they're not as numerous as during the winter.
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