rockmedic109
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Joined: 5/17/2005 From: Citrus Heights, CA Status: offline
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ORIGINAL: geofflambert I've got a strange case of avian rock - paper - scissors going on in my backyard. I have seven bird feeders going. Whenever one or more Blue Jays show up at the feeders, all the other birds scatter, save one. The Starlings pay them no mind and sometimes even run them off. Recently I put some berries on one feeder as I had seen a Mockingbird in the neighborhood and knew they liked those. Once it discovered them it established its territory and dominion over all my feeders, vigorously chasing off all comers, no matter how many. In the case of the Starlings it attacked them even if they were foraging on the ground. That's the only other bird I've seen take the berries. Robins take them and I've got one prowling the front yard so I've tossed it some berries, but it never shows up in the back. There's one thing though, the Mockingbird does not mess with the Blue Jays. Anyways, I got this internet speed test from the State of NY, you can find it here: https://ag.ny.gov/are-you-getting-internet-speeds-you-are-paying My results don't look very good (Charter / Spectrum): I suppose these are tests of servers in or near NY but still ... As far as feeding berries to birds go..... Berries are high in acid. The acid goes through their digestive tract and excreted out the other end. Given that the main target of birds is cars, you will get the acid filled bombs on your car where if they are not washed off quickly enough, could lead to acid eating into the paint. It leaves little bird dropping shaped etchings on the car. The only way to fix this is to strip the paint completely off, treat the bare metal and repaint. I'd recommend a BB gun but it appears that Gorns like birds....seven feeders?
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