How to Feed Wild Birds, Best Bird Seed We Feed Tons Daily To Attract Insect Eating Birds to a Garden

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Robbie and Gary Gardening Easy

Robbie and Gary Gardening Easy

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@initiate22000
@initiate22000 Жыл бұрын
You have the best heart to buy the seeds for pet birds! It's like all the wild birds are your pets. Love that!
@janegomez9829
@janegomez9829 5 жыл бұрын
This malaysian lady enjoys all of ur videos n I use tips . You make gardening so easy . Tq so much
@donnatiller4215
@donnatiller4215 3 ай бұрын
Just found this video and thank you so much for sharing for us newbies. I want the birds to eat this winter, and I've learned so much. The finches have gone crazy over the pet fountains and now I'll feel better this winter knowing they'll have food. Love it!
@Athena-g712
@Athena-g712 Ай бұрын
You're a gifted garden-maker: you've created an entire ecosystem, complete with insect-eaters. BRAVA! No pesticides needed! It's genius. Good to know about the growth-inhibitors in not-well bird-seed, too. Looking for fresh, healthy pet bird-seed. THANKS so much!
@joanjarrette1726
@joanjarrette1726 5 жыл бұрын
I wish you were my neighbor. You are so nice..
@RobbieAndGaryGardeningEasy
@RobbieAndGaryGardeningEasy 5 жыл бұрын
Thank you so much, Robbie
@rosiegirl2485
@rosiegirl2485 4 жыл бұрын
I am on the east coast. I have been really enjoying feeding my yard birds.....and the squirrels! I just love the squirrels! I now can feed them by hand...its so cool.. they are very gentle! This spring I am going to try to feed from my lap or from my shoulder....I can't wait! Thank you for your info-packed video!
@floracolleenlelikova9889
@floracolleenlelikova9889 4 жыл бұрын
So much good info... I’m just starting this process and I see it working!! I had no idea the hummingbirds ate aphids etc. wow!!
@WampumGirl51
@WampumGirl51 5 жыл бұрын
I have been buying the bird seed from Costco for years. It's the Wagner's western regional blend. I have hundreds of birds and never see dead birds anywhere. The number of birds seems to increase all the time. I go through 40 pounds of seed every three weeks. They eat everything in the mix including the sunflower shells. I have many mourning doves, quail and sparrows. I am in the Southern California Palm Springs area. I throw the seed out and the birds ground feed. I do not put it in containers. The seed is gone within two hours. I throw the seed out on clean dirt areas. I also have 15 hummingbird feeders each one has 10 feeding ports and on busy days have a bird on each port, sometimes two birds sharing a port. I make my own nectar and go through 20 to 30 pounds of sugar a month. I have never had a problem with the bird seed from Costco and it is more affordable than pet store seed.
@jyotikijyoti
@jyotikijyoti 4 жыл бұрын
If you throw on the ground don't you get critters, roaches, rats?
@michellejohnson8923
@michellejohnson8923 2 жыл бұрын
The hawks will feed on the rodents if they come . Circle of life and everything needs to eat . I hate pesticides. Bugs and things are here as food for birds as well. Think about that 🤔
@mmkkkk2912
@mmkkkk2912 5 жыл бұрын
I find your bird videos so relaxing! Thank you for filming!
@RobbieAndGaryGardeningEasy
@RobbieAndGaryGardeningEasy 5 жыл бұрын
More to come on birds, thanks, Robbie
@bird1014
@bird1014 5 жыл бұрын
Yes more birds thanks for a awesome video
@RobbieAndGaryGardeningEasy
@RobbieAndGaryGardeningEasy 5 жыл бұрын
Just love the birds and boy are their numbers building, thanks, Robbie
@curiouslass4280
@curiouslass4280 2 жыл бұрын
I have just put out de-icers for my fountains to keep them from freezing so my birds will have fresh running water all winter. I have bought my seed from the pet store as well as our local feed store. In that, I put out a feeder with black oil sunflower seed, a Nyjer sock with Nyjer seed for the finches, another feeder is a suet cage where I have made a brick of food which is bird seed mix mixed in with peanut butter, which they absolutely love!!! Also a handful of whole peanuts in a shallow terra cotta pot in the crook of a tree for the scrub jays, stellar jays and the wood peckers! All of the seed is gone in one day and I refill daily.❤️
@gabriellakadar
@gabriellakadar 5 жыл бұрын
Robbie, I saw one of these nature bird feeder companies mix chili pepper into suet and then mix in the seeds. Birds can't taste capsaicin but squirrels and others can. Bark Butter, that's what they call it. Supposed to be it's good to feed this in the summer too. I was feeding suet with seeds last year in those hangers. The Redwing blackbirds were feasting away but they were messy. The wood pigeons would eat whatever fell but it still attracted rats. Given that the rats ate my neighbours chilipeppers in October, I doubt that chili seasoning works longterm. Today I'm putting up the Hummingbird feeder again. See what happens.
@louisacaldwell9951
@louisacaldwell9951 4 жыл бұрын
You inspire my family so much Robbie. Thank you!!!😘🧚‍♀️
@sandrakendrick176
@sandrakendrick176 5 жыл бұрын
Nice to see the differences in birds from one coast to the other. I live in Maryland and back up to the woods, 150 ft trees. We also feed the birds year round. Lots of incredible woodpeckers. My favorite being “Woody Woodpecker”. They come right up on my deck and eat the suet all winter long. They can eat a lot of suet 😀 I do put my peanuts in a cage after reading some of the birds could have trouble with swallowing them whole. Not sure if that is true or not. The woodpeckers love to cling on the cage and eat away. I love it when the birds bring their babies up on the deck and show them how to eat from the feeders. Cardinals, Blue Birds, Cat Birds, and the little guys all squeaking for mom and dad to feed them, so precious. I feed the shelled sunflowers in my deck so there is no mess and everyone eats them up, even the Yellow Finches and Blue Birds. We have the sweet Doves that come to the platform feeder. So many beautiful birds!! Thanks for sharing your knowledge with us.
@jenniferrice5877
@jenniferrice5877 5 жыл бұрын
It is true. Baby robins were dying because the parent birds were bringing them to them whole and they were choking to death. I use a peanut cage and chop some for my Carolina Wrens. I'm in Ohio. Also use bird peanuts to avoid the virus that doesn't harm humans but kills birds dead. Human consumption peanuts are not tested; bird peanuts are supposed to be tested. Buy from a reputable dealer.
@RobbieAndGaryGardeningEasy
@RobbieAndGaryGardeningEasy 5 жыл бұрын
So fun, we all have so many different types of birds as well as they can feed different too, the only birds that even take the peanuts out of the bowls are the scrub jays, they love their peanuts, thanks for sharing all this, take care, Robbie
@dennyramos1716
@dennyramos1716 3 жыл бұрын
I have 2 seed feeders here in Denver Colorado. One has black oil sunflower seeds, and the other has Safflower seeds. My finches love both, along with thistle seed in a mesh sock. 💜🕊💜
@sherryshoblom2165
@sherryshoblom2165 2 жыл бұрын
Wow! Excellent. Thank you so much. I learned so much from this video!
@shellyramsey581
@shellyramsey581 5 жыл бұрын
My mother loves bird's so much her name is Robin love ya
@RobbieAndGaryGardeningEasy
@RobbieAndGaryGardeningEasy 5 жыл бұрын
So cool! Love her name, thanks, Robbie
@shellyramsey581
@shellyramsey581 5 жыл бұрын
Robbie and Gary Gardening Easy thank u I subscribed to you when I learned how to make the hummingbird food my hummingbirds have multiplied every since I followed your recipe and me and my mother love to sit and watch our hummingbirds when they come and feed and perch she tells me about hers and I tell her about mine and we stay on the phone for a long time just talking about them thank u for all u do ur very sweet
@barbaravalenzuela7383
@barbaravalenzuela7383 4 жыл бұрын
How do you keep the feeders from blowing away?
@nicoledepietro8940
@nicoledepietro8940 4 жыл бұрын
Your videos make me so happy I get excited just like you over the birds
@RobbieAndGaryGardeningEasy
@RobbieAndGaryGardeningEasy 4 жыл бұрын
I'm so glad! So we both just love birds and nature, that is wonderful, thanks so much!
@lindadechiazza2924
@lindadechiazza2924 3 жыл бұрын
Great Info: been buying 50 pound sack black sunflower seed takes six months to use up. I have been buying farm feed grade seed. The suet I make my own proper beef fat from prime rib for example, peanut butter, good seeds, (milo or millet ) I form it in a wax or parchment paper lined aluminum pie tin as a mold. During winter months birds nibble on it. Summer is the scarce time for food in my opinion
@MihaelaV68
@MihaelaV68 3 жыл бұрын
Thank you so much for everything you’re sharing about birds and they food, you really got me into. Today I bought birds houses, birds feeders, hummingbirds feeders......lots of seeds, dry worms, I ordered some orioles feeders ...and guess what, today ,my balcony was full of birds ? Thank you so much again!💐💐💐
@Katydidit
@Katydidit 3 жыл бұрын
That was so informative, Robbie. Thank you, so very much for all the info. I will put out some more bird feeders now!!
@Jimmy-wd5nk
@Jimmy-wd5nk 3 жыл бұрын
First of all, I want to say I really enjoy your videos. I love my flowers and vegetable garden. I also love feeding the birds. My wife and I live in Indiana. We live in the country, and have a big variety of birds. We usually feed just black oil sunflower. We feed the finch and indigo bunting niger seed. Keep up the good work.
@mikefranks6854
@mikefranks6854 5 жыл бұрын
Your channel is so beautiful im up to 16 feeders now I love every bird I see. Thanks for the info... from another southern Californian
@RobbieAndGaryGardeningEasy
@RobbieAndGaryGardeningEasy 5 жыл бұрын
WoW, and in snow now, I will stick to lower ground, and when the snow melts I will send your birds home, Thanks so much, Robbie
@mam564
@mam564 5 жыл бұрын
You are so knowledgable! Thanks for sharing your tips!
@RobbieAndGaryGardeningEasy
@RobbieAndGaryGardeningEasy 5 жыл бұрын
I just seem to learn things that I am only interested in, thanks, Robbie
@tessjones5987
@tessjones5987 3 жыл бұрын
Love this video. Thanks
@sheryjithesh2517
@sheryjithesh2517 4 жыл бұрын
Love your garden.. it’s my dream backyard!!
@EmoEmu
@EmoEmu 3 жыл бұрын
Awesome video. Thanks.
@gardinagem9190
@gardinagem9190 Жыл бұрын
Thank you for this video!
@tamiprice5556
@tamiprice5556 Жыл бұрын
Wow...I'm about a 3 month viewer...I luv your videos...this one is soooo full of info..luv your way making their seeds...
@navycorpsman9291
@navycorpsman9291 4 жыл бұрын
I believe you when you talk about the squirrels...squirrels in my yard come out of the trees with tool belts and learned how to operate my kid’s Tonka Trucks. That one squirrel that plagues me must be the site foreman...hard hat and clipboard. 🥴🥴🥴👍🏼
@marissamatsuzaki3140
@marissamatsuzaki3140 5 жыл бұрын
I actually have seen golden finches at my bird feeder but it only happened once a year. This was in South Georgia.
@RobbieAndGaryGardeningEasy
@RobbieAndGaryGardeningEasy 5 жыл бұрын
Some species of Goldfinches will feed from feeders, the ones here prefer green seeds, Robbie
@deb8183
@deb8183 5 жыл бұрын
Never thought wild bird seed could cause such problems. A park area is next to my apt. Building. So 2 practice my photography is helpful, but want to feed them healthy ingredients. Thank you for your guidance . You have a nice yard.
@Linda-kq8ef
@Linda-kq8ef 3 жыл бұрын
Thank you for your Awesome tips. We have lots of Doves they love cracked corn to. ✝️💟
@1stBumbleBeeMaster
@1stBumbleBeeMaster 5 жыл бұрын
What an amazing Video. I think on your side of the pond What you call Gold Finches is very different to our Gold Finches, wow what a nice little bird. I grow tons of thistles for my bees. and to stop them spreading and becoming a nuisance we harvest all the seeds and what we do not re sow we feed to the Birds and they go barmy for the seeds in winter, Gold finches,Green finches linnets sparrows pigeons all seem to love them. You are so right about feeding different things to different birds.
@daddyboy1814
@daddyboy1814 3 жыл бұрын
Thanks, great content.
@bearsbreeches
@bearsbreeches 5 жыл бұрын
Your photography is amazing Robbie. Thank you so much
@markemyshibukawa9254
@markemyshibukawa9254 5 жыл бұрын
Thank you for the educational video. 😁👍🐦
@pamlambert5138
@pamlambert5138 2 жыл бұрын
Thank you Robbie! I always enjoy your information great 👍
@justbeachy2031
@justbeachy2031 5 жыл бұрын
Thank you , lots of great information!
@RobbieAndGaryGardeningEasy
@RobbieAndGaryGardeningEasy 5 жыл бұрын
Thank you, Robbie
@annemaried1660
@annemaried1660 5 жыл бұрын
Such wonderful information!!! Thank you so very much! I’m pretty new to gardening but have been taking care of my backyard animals for years. I learned so very much, and I will not buy crappy birdseed ever again! Thank you!
@ltlbnsgarden
@ltlbnsgarden 5 жыл бұрын
All the birds that visit your garden are just gorgeous! I really love your video clips of them eating the seeds you put out for them 😊
@cleoxo2566
@cleoxo2566 4 жыл бұрын
We've found that the finches love thistle, but we learned to ONLY buy from a nearby wild bird store that guarantees no pesticides. They love it. We have to have sooooo much seed, we do keep it outside near our feeders. We have been using a metal garbage can with cover that we bought new, just for this purpose, and we bungy cord the top to secure it. So far, not even the racoons have been able to get into it.
@barbielockett9321
@barbielockett9321 5 жыл бұрын
Love you information about seed ' thank you. Birds...Barbie.
@amuthashanmugam3604
@amuthashanmugam3604 4 жыл бұрын
I love birds very much. Your nature around- wonderful
@MychelleSeymourHeyyouremember
@MychelleSeymourHeyyouremember 2 жыл бұрын
Auntie Pati tells me to feed our creatures dollar tree peanuts...... Her squirrels.... Doesn't matter. But... The fancy raccoons....aren't they all so precious? 😊
@Mar-tl6bv
@Mar-tl6bv 4 жыл бұрын
Love your show.
@shelleynobleart
@shelleynobleart 2 жыл бұрын
Thanks so much for editing in the examples! And for the great info and recipe. You are a garden genius. The knowledge is woven into intricate lace but for those who can grab ahold of the thread, the story is invaluable.
@tonyfurneaux3399
@tonyfurneaux3399 3 жыл бұрын
Hi Robbie, great video, great tips, great garden, great personality. Thank you from central Canada.
@edmora7662
@edmora7662 5 жыл бұрын
Thank you sweetheart ❤️
@RobbieAndGaryGardeningEasy
@RobbieAndGaryGardeningEasy 5 жыл бұрын
SO fun, thanks, Robbie
@dianiskandar1270
@dianiskandar1270 Жыл бұрын
Absolutly nice kakaak good garden will you want make agood aviary for breding all sweet bird so sweet alright😊👍mister
@vickikhuskins6883
@vickikhuskins6883 3 жыл бұрын
I live in the Northeast; homemade suet in the winter is great, also pine cones smeared with peanut butter and parakeet seeds is also a wonderful winter treat. You can buy pine cones but take a walk in the woods and pick your own up off the ground. Pine cone size does not really matter. Tie the pine cones with heavy twine or fishing cord and hang in trees, if you have Shepard’s hooks, tie the cones there.
@simplyimpish1055
@simplyimpish1055 4 жыл бұрын
Robbie, I just love birds too. I’m filling my land with a permaculture food forest which includes tons of fruit trees. People ask me “why so many fruit trees, what are you going to with all that fruit”? To share with the birds if corse!🌸 🐣🦉🐥
@charlenekociuba7396
@charlenekociuba7396 4 жыл бұрын
Exactly! I planted two apple trees for the deer, not a morsel left. I wish I had more Sun, I'd plant peaches and pears for me to eat but the deer and other critters get the apples. Now I'm Momma to the birds. I can't convince the squirrels to leave their seed alone. I guess they have to eat too. lol
@GBLynden
@GBLynden 4 жыл бұрын
Great info! 👊🏻😎👊🏻
@RobbieAndGaryGardeningEasy
@RobbieAndGaryGardeningEasy 4 жыл бұрын
Thanks! Take care!
@deserthorses5
@deserthorses5 2 жыл бұрын
Those spice finches are ADORABLE! I've never seen one before. We have a good feed store here in our valley, so I'll go tomorrow and check out their prices. A 25 pound bag, for me, would be GREAT!!!!!
@everybodyluvsmonkeys
@everybodyluvsmonkeys 5 жыл бұрын
I learned so much. Thank you. I'm going to refill our bird feeder today by buying some pet seeds. We have 1 squirrel that comes around too. No hummingbirds came by this year though.
@RobbieAndGaryGardeningEasy
@RobbieAndGaryGardeningEasy 5 жыл бұрын
I just made a feeder and put the video up on KZbin that the squirrels do not get into, you can easily make one and try it out, thanks, Robbie
@carolmacdonald7781
@carolmacdonald7781 5 жыл бұрын
Great camera work. I have never seen a spice finch! Love your videos. 💕
@mariauribe3178
@mariauribe3178 4 жыл бұрын
Thankyou so much
@tennesseenana4838
@tennesseenana4838 2 жыл бұрын
Hehe - when we were living in Washington state we had a black bear stand up and get into our bird feeder! They do like bird seed, and so did the deer.
@10laws2liveby
@10laws2liveby 3 жыл бұрын
Do ya think that the feed their given the birds back East might have something to do with the Birds dyen off back there? Sure do like the way you love them birds. You're a good young lady. thank you.
@junefrancis8452
@junefrancis8452 2 жыл бұрын
Thank you Robbie ,I'm here in Virginia. I get Chickadees Blue Birds, Redbirds, meny others .I just purchased a bag of [ premium Song Bird food .has fruit and nuts in it from Wallmart.
@RobbieAndGaryGardeningEasy
@RobbieAndGaryGardeningEasy 2 жыл бұрын
Cool ❤️
@JohnnyD
@JohnnyD 2 жыл бұрын
i took in a finch a couple months ago.... he was super cute, sadly he was sick, he died, but he died with love, and in peace, and in a warm place.... ever since then i just been feeding finches
@falconfeathers9454
@falconfeathers9454 5 жыл бұрын
Hi Robin...our robins already left end of August along with my magnificent Ruby throated hummingbirds, blue jays, and our Monarch butterflies. I envy your sunny southern California. I have lived in Toronto (Canada) swinging from minus 40 degrees Celsius (- 40 Fahrenheit)to unbelievable plus 43 C (110 Fahrenheit) in summer (that's a phenomenal 150 degree change each year.)
@lavendercoyote
@lavendercoyote 5 жыл бұрын
Going to add peanuts for the birds, thanks Robbie!! Great info as always. Blessings to you and Gary, and much love. 🤗💖🐦
@jenniferrice5877
@jenniferrice5877 5 жыл бұрын
There is a warning about a certain virus that kills birds but not humans. Bird peanuts are supposed to be tested for this virus. As the virus does not harm humans at all our peanuts for human consumption are not tested. Please buy bird peanuts from a reputable dealer. Also put in a peanut feeder. If you have robin's they will take full-size peanuts to their babies and their babies will choke to death. I use a peanut feeder in summer or chop the peanuts down. They can be put out whole in winter as there are no babies in winter, but, Carolina Wrens in the eastern US need them chopped.
@RobbieAndGaryGardeningEasy
@RobbieAndGaryGardeningEasy 5 жыл бұрын
Thanks, Robbie
@RobbieAndGaryGardeningEasy
@RobbieAndGaryGardeningEasy 5 жыл бұрын
@@jenniferrice5877 I only buy peanuts from the grocery store, and if in doubt, buy roasted peanuts, they will eat that too, Thanks, Robbie
@davidschmidt270
@davidschmidt270 3 жыл бұрын
I love this woman like was a really cool Aunt or something... I'll sit and just absorb her videos 👏👏👏👏👏👏🤠💘🤙👍🙌
@9liveslisa
@9liveslisa 4 жыл бұрын
I keep my seed outside with tight metal-lidded galvanized cans. Nothing gets in or out. Right now I just have one tube feeder that I fill with sunflower chips that I buy at a feed store in 50# bags. Thanks for the tips on what you feed your birds. I'm going to try some bowls like you have and I'll make sure to bring them in at night. I mostly get house finches and goldfinches. I have seen a rat scarfing up the sunflower chips that get thrown to ground occasionally. I definitely don't want to encourage rats, ugh! I also have lots of squirrels. The squirrels can't get to the hanging bird feeder. The squirrels will eat what gets thrown on the ground also. They are getting lots of peanuts from somewhere. I find peanuts planted in all my pots. Thanks for sharing all your knowledge.
@sunilbhakta3613
@sunilbhakta3613 4 жыл бұрын
Hi madam, I am from 🇮🇳, I am Sunil Bhakta. I had been watching your videos, it's really cool and awesome. Thanks for it.
@an-alechianeathery770
@an-alechianeathery770 5 жыл бұрын
Also my dogs has a water bowl and turtle sandbox that I clean and just added water too. 2 out 3 of my dogs love the turtle sandbox that I call the turtle pool. The bird love these 2 container for water. I'm also seen frog underneath and swimming in the turtle pool but only seen them in dog bowl water. I love watching bird dive in for drink in morning outside my kitchen window which hard to do to high of where the window is.
@jolyndaj
@jolyndaj 5 жыл бұрын
Beautiful. Thank you for all the information. 💕 Your birds are gorgeous. I feed birds myself. 💕
@brendaelliott2283
@brendaelliott2283 4 жыл бұрын
I love how you love and get excited about your birds. I love birds also, but we habe a cat that kills yhem which really upsets me. Im tring to come up with a way to feed and protect thrm. If you have any ideas please share with me.
@rosemaryortega9879
@rosemaryortega9879 4 жыл бұрын
What a beautiful video!
@corridor444
@corridor444 3 жыл бұрын
Thanks you helped the birds in my area a lot🙏🏼
@helencline5768
@helencline5768 5 жыл бұрын
They love the suet in spring till babies leave nest,woodpeckers love it , pepper suet they love 👍
@LillyR539
@LillyR539 3 жыл бұрын
My pet birds get human veggies broccoli lettuce boiled eggs almost any veggies fruits they love apples sweet ones and they love flax seeds good luck🙂
@jhott28
@jhott28 3 жыл бұрын
It's a little more costly but I started buying sunflower hearts. This reduces the waste and the birds can sit and eat more thus increasing my viewing pleasure.
@marilynm464
@marilynm464 5 жыл бұрын
We have 2-3 squirrels that eat the sunflower seeds and leave rest of mix for the birds. Have to get a hanging feeder. You have lots of larger birds. We get blue Jays, doves, Cardinals, finches,sometimes woodpeckers in fall. Thanks for info.
@wesleyhackney
@wesleyhackney 5 жыл бұрын
Most of my birds love sunflower seeds and I feed the smaller birds Niger seeds
@RobbieAndGaryGardeningEasy
@RobbieAndGaryGardeningEasy 5 жыл бұрын
That is perfect! Take care, Robbie
@juliepayn7696
@juliepayn7696 5 жыл бұрын
Thank you, I would love to visit your wonderland. But I understand privacy issues. Enjoy watching your videos.
@tiphanie2779
@tiphanie2779 3 жыл бұрын
So jealous I want to visit I can’t do hardly any of this because I live in Chicago northwest suburbs Good job Love your videos
@alemmawassi8453
@alemmawassi8453 5 жыл бұрын
Hi robbie iam Alem from australia i just want to say you are very lucky with how much birds in your garden i hardly see any in mine
@aileenwagner2576
@aileenwagner2576 5 жыл бұрын
Robbie u absolutely ROCK 💯!!! So glad I found ur channel!!!
@meb4142
@meb4142 5 жыл бұрын
Pipi , thanks for the suggestion..... will consider
@frankarenas1551
@frankarenas1551 4 жыл бұрын
I recently found your channel, and have enjoyed your video . You have inspired me to do some outdoor work to enjoy the birds and other wildlife.
@flo-llama
@flo-llama 5 жыл бұрын
Hi! I'm a new subbie. Love the birds! I'm in NorCal, & have found that birds go gaga for black oil sunflower seeds. They have a higher fat content. Also, if you want to see Oak Tits, put out some black thistle seed. They live at the tops of oak trees & are very shy. They're a tiny grey bird with a mohawk. At first they'll dart in & out to grab the seed, but as they get comfortable, they will stick around & hang with the other birds. Black thistle seed is pricey, but 1 pound goes a long way. Our local feed store carries it.
@catherineknight7400
@catherineknight7400 4 жыл бұрын
That tiny grey bird with a Mohawk is probably a Tufted Titmouse 😎
@flo-llama
@flo-llama 4 жыл бұрын
Seeing as how I used the black oil sunflower seeds to coax them down from my 300+ year old oak tree and I was able to view them from 3 feet away, I was able to identify them. They are oak tits. We were also able to spot many migratory species normally not seen in suburbia because our yard is a wildlife corridor across the valley between 2 preserves.
@librarylady5584
@librarylady5584 4 жыл бұрын
The issues with the bird food were 8 years ago, and are no longer happening. I buy commercial bird seed and our birds are thriving. I do buy most of my feed at a farm store.If you buy a mix, avoid anything with milo/red milo. It's cheap filler and most birds won't eat it. Safflower seed works well to discourage the squirrels, who aren't discouraged by baffles, . "squirrel proof" feeders, or "hot" mixes. I have had some success with liquid hot pepper, but it's expensive and hard to use. I am currently experimenting with red pepper powder (you can buy it in bulk in Asian food stores), and canola oil to keep it clinging to the seed!
@librarylady5584
@librarylady5584 4 жыл бұрын
Goldfinches (at least here in the east) love nyjer seed, hung in sock bags. They cling to the bags to eat, and we often see 4-8 of them at a time. House finches like it too!
@user-vv6qz6kg5e
@user-vv6qz6kg5e 4 жыл бұрын
Very good
@tatorkator9901
@tatorkator9901 4 жыл бұрын
I feed nijer seed, safflower seed and black striped sunflower seeds. The house sparrows and starlings dont eat or enjoy any of the seeds. I also have Oriole feeders, hummingbird feeders and a platform feeder for mealworms. Along with suets. I have goldfinch, house finch, rose breasted grosbeak, nuthatchs, titmouses, a few tree sparrows are still hanging around. Wood peckers when I put suets out. I trap house sparrows and dont have that many since I stopped feeding seed mix. I also only have starlings on me suets when i put them out. I live near st. Louis Missouri.
@priscillaross-fox9407
@priscillaross-fox9407 5 жыл бұрын
"Nutritionally, it is perfectly fine to give your birds an occasional piece of bread. If you do feed bread to your birds, be sure that it is not moldy, as some bread molds are toxic to birds. Also, do not put out more than the birds will eat, as it will mold quickly." I stopped feeding bread to birds years ago. We have squirrels and chipmunks here so my feeders were always baffled. We also have hawks so having feeders in a more protected area was always a "must".
@RobbieAndGaryGardeningEasy
@RobbieAndGaryGardeningEasy 5 жыл бұрын
You are right bread is great if they want it, I put it out, and it was left in the bowls, so here I stopped, as a kid I always fed the wild birds bread.....maybe our wild birds are spoiled and only want seed, oh well, thanks, Robbie
@justbeachy2031
@justbeachy2031 5 жыл бұрын
@@RobbieAndGaryGardeningEasy my brother and I used to leave cheese out for mice.
@priscillaross-fox9407
@priscillaross-fox9407 5 жыл бұрын
@@RobbieAndGaryGardeningEasy Or maybe they know the stuff bread is made with is now full of chemicals.
@priscillaross-fox9407
@priscillaross-fox9407 5 жыл бұрын
@@justbeachy2031 LOL too cute!
@RobbieAndGaryGardeningEasy
@RobbieAndGaryGardeningEasy 5 жыл бұрын
@@priscillaross-fox9407 I think they simply do not know what bread is and they have better stuff to eat, so they skip it, just a thought, Robbie
@carolinehatley9393
@carolinehatley9393 5 жыл бұрын
Love your videos. This one was great. I am from NH so I do use suet i the winters.
@lilybroguiere4365
@lilybroguiere4365 2 жыл бұрын
I’ve been giving them wild bird seed and since the dropped seed sprout like crazy, I’m thinking it’s pretty safe. I even have some sunflowers growing from the seed. But, I’ll start making my own as soon as the bag is done.
@RobbieAndGaryGardeningEasy
@RobbieAndGaryGardeningEasy Жыл бұрын
The seed you’re using sounds good
@ScorpiochickNM
@ScorpiochickNM 3 жыл бұрын
I include a dough cake similar to suet cakes, but don't melt for my birds. I feed a peanut blend and every neighborhood bird parents except Robins feeds their babies this soft food. I had a Robin eat from a seed feeder once! They usually never eat off feeders. I lived in Albuquerque NM and now in Coeur d'Alene ID and the birds love the peanut dough cakes the best.
@arthuurwong49
@arthuurwong49 2 жыл бұрын
Can you tell us how u make the dough cake?
@ellenfrances1303
@ellenfrances1303 3 жыл бұрын
We lost one seed feeder to bear last spring. This winter the raccoons ate everything thing hanging up side down from the feeders! It was hilarious. We don’t leave any seed out any more.
@RobbieAndGaryGardeningEasy
@RobbieAndGaryGardeningEasy 3 жыл бұрын
There has to be a way to fix that issue.....
@maryjojouwstra3860
@maryjojouwstra3860 3 жыл бұрын
So I can grow fresh bird seed into plants? Wow!!!
@mkweber9615
@mkweber9615 4 жыл бұрын
After my cats passed away, I thought, well - I can feed birds now! I LOVED it! ...until I found out that - what the birds miss, the rats come for. Dang iT! Sticking to hummers now.
@summerbreeze5758
@summerbreeze5758 3 жыл бұрын
Yuck 🤢
@theresamerritt8798
@theresamerritt8798 4 жыл бұрын
Do you have much or gravel on the ground I cant tell I love your show I think you are wonderful thank you
@jeanettesmith765
@jeanettesmith765 4 жыл бұрын
I think she has wood chips.
@bluewater454
@bluewater454 4 жыл бұрын
I have hung out small logs with 2" holes drilled into them and stuffed them with peanut butter and see mix in the winter instead of the store bought suet. I just didnt like the ingredients I saw, and the peanut oil provides a source of fat for them in the winter. I thought only the wood peckers would go for it, but my chickadees and other birds went for it as well. I found that more birds hung around in the winter as well, which is great here in the North East when most of them fly south.
@barbarafritchie2000
@barbarafritchie2000 5 жыл бұрын
Great video.
@bethmendoza1847
@bethmendoza1847 2 жыл бұрын
I have stray cats that stalk the birds. I wish I could have a set up like yours.
@joannbingham2535
@joannbingham2535 3 жыл бұрын
I DIDNT KNOW THAT ROBBIE, THANK YOU FOR TELLING ME
@Jack-rh5br
@Jack-rh5br 4 жыл бұрын
Yay, just got an idea for a tree stump in my yard :-) ,
@helencline5768
@helencline5768 5 жыл бұрын
You can get red pepper suet off Amazon, love your videos ,gets real cold here on AshevilleNC, HUMMERS LEAVE till spring 🦋🍲🦋
@dianakidd8267
@dianakidd8267 5 жыл бұрын
Love your videos Robbie! I too am a bird lover (also in very southern california) but I have a problem with Rats: they come fpr the bord seed, even in the daytime! Do you have this problem? If so, how to you keep the rats from consuming your bird's food?
@elizabethsguigna1539
@elizabethsguigna1539 3 жыл бұрын
I have had that happen also. Its terrible had to stop feeding any suggestions would help.
@arthuurwong49
@arthuurwong49 2 жыл бұрын
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