BIRD FEEDING

[Willpar]

Done away with my port feeders for the same reason JS. Just too much waste. I now use a deep tray feeder and make up my own sparrow food. Red and white millet with kibbled sunflower hearts. As wood pigeons will use it as well i add whole sunflower hearts also. And just put out a measured amount each day. Hardly anything left by the next morning. Gets wet when it rains, but don`t seem to put the birds off from eating it.

[Jacksparrow]

This past week has seen a sizable reduction in the amount of food being eaten. Clearly the hot weather does not suit our feathered friends either.

[Willpar]

I had a reduction in starling numbers, but still put out same amount of food. Though the bird bath was used less, that did seem strange.

[Willpar]

House sparrows are not large birds, but my flock are putting away two suet balls a day, most days. Not counting the seed i put out and some live mealworms.

[Butterfly]

House sparrows are not large birds, but my flock are putting away two suet balls a day, most days. Not counting the seed i put out and some live mealworms.

You are lucky to have so many of them Willpar, they are so lively and charming birds . My group is much smaller, but growing in size. They don't spend much time around though, they come and go

[Jacksparrow]

My sparrows go through phases of wanting to eat fatballs. Currently there attention is elsewhere.

[Willpar]

The fatballs i have at the moment are insect and mealworms. They are yellow in colour.

[Jacksparrow]

The fatballs i have at the moment are insect and mealworms. They are yellow in colour.

That could explain it then. They like the de lux fatballs

[Butterfly]

The fatballs i have at the moment are insect and mealworms. They are yellow in colour.

That could explain it then. They like the de lux fatballs

[Willpar]

Sparrows seem to have stopped taking away the live mealworms now, and not getting through as many. Hopefully come autumn/ winter, will attract some different birds also.