Backyard bird watching

[Raven]

i spread a scoop of sf seed out on the dog area for the Jays

because hey,,,i realize it's tough going out there
and they're just trying to survive ...

it was fun putting a couple of mice out on top
of the plywood on the burn barrel
for whom ever would take them....
as my cat kills em in the attic often...

the jays had no interest but a crow did....
of course he had to hover- fly over the set up
three times before he was confident enough to go
take them and then he took both at once and took off with-em

i cannot stand starlings tho and wouldn't care if they all froze.

[Raven]

did you make the top pivot for easy refills ?

[JohnnyD]

Originally Posted by Raven

did you make the top pivot for easy refills ?

I didn't want to bother with that. Wanted to make it as easy to build as possible so I ran the stainless steel cable through the roof so that it can slide up. There is a triangle piece at the top of the lid on both ends making the lid fit nice and snug over the two sides.

Pretty simple build. Bought a 4' x 8" x 3/4" piece of Cedar and used almost every bit. I didn't want a 3/4" thick roof so I cut the length and then ripped the board into two 5/16" thick pieces. Worked out nicely.

[PRBuzz]

Originally Posted by Raven

i cannot stand starlings tho and wouldn't care if they all froze.

Starlings, blue jays, and English House sparrows all in the same boat....

[Raven]

with those damned starlings

being an avid bird watcher as a youngster
i was always aware what was going on in my home turf area

I knew where every nest was -knew every birds name
how they flew, what sounds they made....the whole nine yards

well one day as my neighbor grilled 8 -10 hamburgers on his grill
the F-ing starlings would wait for him to go inside
because they are opportunist's to the extreme

they'd glide on down from there perch on his chimney
their feet completely used to the heat....from being up there

and they'd gorge themselves quickly on the red meat like piranha
before he'd get the chance to flip them burgers over see
then they'd vanish just as quick like a magic trick

so he comes out , and he's like 55, and i am five to seven years old
and he just looses his mind completely ...comes charging after me
to take out his absolute rage after seeing the literally striped thin patties on the grill...screaming bloody murder shaking me like a rag doll quite violently -> while accusing my dog of the crime

i tried to tell him and explain what i just moments before had witnessed with these sneaky as hell F-ing starlings and he
thought that was the BIGGEST god dam lie of all !!!! made him even madder
and he started shaking me even harder... he was going insane....

then while this was going on ......the starlings went down for seconds
and i hit him hard to get his attention ....
and pointed to his grill SEEE ->>> now crying and mad as hell

showing him who the real thieves were! LOOK
he goes running over there screaming at them now

then i proceeded to call him every swear word i had ever heard
and made him fell like a friggan pile of ant sh!t

my DAD almost went to jail after he told him a thing or two later true story