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Starling & Grackle Bird Feeding Tips

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If you have been feeding black-oil sunflower and suddenly switch to straight safflower, birds will abandon your feeders. 8 Responses to “Starling & Grackle Bird Feeding Tips&# Jeff Jones Mar 9th, 2011 at 10:04 am I use upside down suet feeders and only the rare starling and bluejay even attempts to use it. Thanks for visiting!

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The Bluebird by John Burroughs

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He is happy the bluebird has returned and he hopes that it will nest by his house in “Downy’s cell,&# that is, the abandoned hole of a Downy Woodpecker. OpticsPlanet - Great prices on binoculars for birding , spotting scopes , telescopes , flashlights , compasses & more! Hat-tip to Stella. Thanks for visiting!

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Half Hardy

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The thought of an Oriole foraging in bare winter branches is as foreign as a Petrel on a pool and yet, there it was in my yard picking through an abandoned squirrel’s nest for what appeared to be spiders. OpticsPlanet - Great prices on binoculars for birding , spotting scopes , telescopes , flashlights , compasses & more!