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Old 03-18-2006, 05:45 PM   #1 (permalink)
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Detract Brown Headed Cowbirds and Grackles from my bird feeders? The Grackles have been taking over for about a month now, but the other bird species tolerated them. Now the Cowbirds have taken over and I'm not seeing any of the other species... I want my finches, sparrows, and dark eyed juncos back!!!
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Had a engineer at work that designed some equipment covers out of lexan so he could make bullet proof bird feeders out of the left overs.
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what kind of seed are you using? i switched to safflower and now the cowbirds don't stay very long at the feeder.
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what kind of seed are you using? i switched to safflower and now the cowbirds don't stay very long at the feeder.
RoMary, we finally got you to post. I'm so proud of you.
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Old 03-18-2006, 09:20 PM   #8 (permalink)
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Thanks. I've been an observer for quite awhile.
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what kind of seed are you using? i switched to safflower and now the cowbirds don't stay very long at the feeder.
We are using a Wild Bird Seed Mix. I was researching this a bit online after I started the thread and I found a few sites that recommended safflower as well as black oil sunflower seed. I'll give them both a try. Thanks!
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