Too true to be funny – every now and then we have to stop feeding the songbirds in our garden until the local sparrowhawks stop using us as a drive-in for fast food.
We live on the coast and last week visited a scenic garden. When I asked why there was wire strung across the top of the fish pond, I was told it was so the gulls wouldn’t eat the Koi.
I’ve had to shut off my feeder due to cowbirds. Not that they kill the other birds but I’m not spending money feeding them while it keeps all the other beautiful birds away.
C about 2 months ago
By Jiminy, it is a sort of Margaritaville for them
Imagine about 2 months ago
Go make some popcorn.
Zykoic about 2 months ago
Ours is used by blackbirds cleaning their food.
catchup about 2 months ago
Too true to be funny – every now and then we have to stop feeding the songbirds in our garden until the local sparrowhawks stop using us as a drive-in for fast food.
Jml58 about 2 months ago
Eagles needs dinner too.
Carl Premium Member about 2 months ago
Bird feeders, nature in miniature, food, prey, predators, scavengers, …
E.Z. Smith Premium Member about 2 months ago
We live on the coast and last week visited a scenic garden. When I asked why there was wire strung across the top of the fish pond, I was told it was so the gulls wouldn’t eat the Koi.
Munch about 2 months ago
Hard to fight nature.
Imagine about 2 months ago
We had a heron that would sit on top of our pine tree most mornings before heading over to our neighbour’s backyard pond to catch some frogs and fish.
Doug K about 2 months ago
It’s nice for a birdbath to be a functional part of the ecosystem.
Bill The Nuke about 2 months ago
Sometimes I’ll see all the birds suddenly fly off from our bird feeder. a moment later the red-shouldered hawk comes by.
Nuliajuk about 2 months ago
We haven’t seen many small birds since a pair of merlins started nesting down the street. They’re much smaller than an eagle though.
Ishka Bibel about 2 months ago
Cooper’s Hawks here. Hey, one way or another, it is still a bird feeder.
prrdh about 2 months ago
If you want to be picky, the only birds bald eagles prey on as a rule are much more substantial waterfowl.
kjnrun about 2 months ago
I’ve had to shut off my feeder due to cowbirds. Not that they kill the other birds but I’m not spending money feeding them while it keeps all the other beautiful birds away.
mistercatworks about 2 months ago
I gave up after passing Great Blue Herons took my sixth coi out of the pond.
Frank Burns Eats Worms about 2 months ago
He eats, like, a bird.