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Starlings are taking over my backyard birdfeeder…?

I have a backyard birdfeeder, and want to know how to attract different birds than I am getting. I am using mixed feed, also have a suet feeder, and I put out corn for the squirrels and birds.For the first couple of weeks, there were a couple of house finches and a downy woodpecker, along with cardinals, sparrows, doves, blue jays, grackles and juncos. But now, it seems the starlings are taking over. They’ve figured out how to eat out of the feeder, as well as from the suet, and run the smaller birds off. I wouldn’t mind feeding them too if they weren’t such bullies. The juncos are gone for the year, but I haven’t seen the woodpecker or finches for awhile. I plan to get a finch feeder, but is there anything else I can to to encourage different birds to come?

Starlings are taking over my backyard birdfeeder…?

I have a backyard birdfeeder, and want to know how to attract different birds than I am getting. I am using mixed feed, also have a suet feeder, and I put out corn for the squirrels and birds.For the first couple of weeks, there were a couple of house finches and a downy woodpecker, along with cardinals, sparrows, doves, blue jays, grackles and juncos. But now, it seems the starlings are taking over. They’ve figured out how to eat out of the feeder, as well as from the suet, and run the smaller birds off. I wouldn’t mind feeding them too if they weren’t such bullies. The juncos are gone for the year, but I haven’t seen the woodpecker or finches for awhile. I plan to get a finch feeder, but is there anything else I can to to encourage different birds to come?

What do you feed a 1 day old baby bird that doesn’t have a family or home?

my mom found a baby pink bird in our backyard near the patio. there is no mother or nest or anything. this has happened before last year a Baby Pink bird was pushed out of the nest. i put the Baby bird in a cardboard box with some grass and nesting stuff from my hamster. the baby bird is pink and almost transparent, also it’s eyes are not open. he keeps lifting his head up and opening his mouth(or gaping) i believe he’s hungry but i dont know what to feed him.don’tont have any worms? what should i do? i dont want him to die?

Baby birds scared out of nest?

we had a baby mocking bird nest in our backyard with 4 babies. today a snake got in the nest, and killed 2 babies. we luckily saved 2 of the babies, but they had jumped out of their nest.

we put gloves on and tried to put the 2 babies back into the nest but they keep jumping out. we made a box and filled it with leaves and put the box in the same tree, and put them in it. one stayed in but the ther keeps jumping out.

we decided to leave the other one on the ground for now. we are watching very closely over them, and so are the parent birds. What should we do??
we don’t have anything to feed it, its still a baby and needs digested food from its mom.

My budgies eggs are always on the floor, cracked?

Well I have quite a big aviary in the backyard with 5 budgies in it. 3 are male & 3 are female. Theres 3 nesting boxes and lately when i’ve been checking the birds I have found eggs on the floor, cracked. Today i went and checked on them to see 1 egg in the nesting box, but hours later i checked them again and it was on the floor, cracked. I’m not sure whats happening? Any help? Thanks

swearing parrot?

ive an african grey parrot that lives in an aviary in my backyard….the other day when i went to feed it it shouted,,,,,f__k off fatty at me…i was very upset as i love and care for this bird and thats the thanks i get…i`m also puzzled to where he learnt such foul language….how can i get him to stop swearing as he also called my dear old mother a wrinkly old bag…
its just called me a twat

Chicago folks….please.?

Hi. Grandparents like to feed the birds in their backyard.
I used to be able to pick up huge bags of bird bread [reject human bread] for them at a place on Milwaukee and Belmont for a buck a bag. They closed down. Know any place on northwest side where they sell cheap bread. I tried the Sara Lee outlet store…their cheapest is $1.35 a loaf. This is grandparents only past-time in this zero degree weather. Any suggestions that I can try? It gets a little expensive feeding their birds at about 25 loaves a month plus the bird seed I buy for them. Thanks.