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Shirley May 30, 2010 at 5:48 am

Will hummingbirds come to feeders that also are attracting other kinds of birds? We have a backyard that attracts lots of birds and our feeders are kind of close together. Should the hummingbird feeders be a certain distance apart from other feeders? Thanks

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jason June 22, 2010 at 5:33 pm

I’ve seen 3 different woodpeckers coming to eat suet in the backyard which I love. One lives very close in a large tree. I have seen a pileated woodpecker at the park right down the road, is there anyway to attract one of those big guys?
Thanks
Jason

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Sam June 24, 2010 at 9:54 am

Hi.
In my yard, the only birds are crows. Is it possible that they keep the other birds away. If so, what can I do to change this slightly.
Thanks,
Sam

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Donna October 8, 2010 at 6:02 pm

Trying to find out why birds are not feeding from my feeders. I have recently bought two feeders using a wild bird seed mixture. Neither feeder is touched. Also what birds are native to my area. Lowcountry of charleston sc. Help!!

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Kevin January 10, 2011 at 5:41 pm

Are birds attracted by different colors?
…by different sounds?
Are they less likely to visit a bird feeder with bells attached…or with certain colors?

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Van May 23, 2011 at 1:08 pm

What are desirable birds to attempt to attract to a back yard in North Texas? We have a nesting pair of Mourning Doves and Mockingbirds.

We want to start slow. We live in a neighborhood and do not want to bother the neighbors.

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lars May 23, 2011 at 1:14 pm

@Van

I really like this book, which lists a lot of Texas birds and also covers ways to attract them specifically. It is inexpensive, short, and very good.
http://www.gibbs-smith.com/productdetails.cfm?PC=2240

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Susan September 2, 2011 at 10:13 am

Hello

My cat caught a bird today – I’d say it was bigger than a baby bird but certainly still in the nest – I got it from the cat’s jaws and the bird seems fine (hopping around, intermittent flying etc.). The reason I was alerted to the bird’s distress is that the parents of the bird were going crazy, squawking and swooping on my cat. But although the parents stayed around while I was fending off the cat, and scooping up the bird in a towel, and they stayed squawking on the nearest tree obviously trying to communicate with their baby for a good twenty minutes afterwards, the baby didn’t respond. I put the baby on our flat roof (safe from cats and with a wall around it) hoping the parents would come, but they have gone and left the baby there. So I came to your website in the hope of trying to get the parents – who must have territory nearby, but I don’t know where – to come back. Problem is, I am in the Middle East and shops are shut til Sunday so I can’t get birdfood. I’m planning to make a birdbath from an old bowl up there so the parents might be attracted by that and then see their baby – any other suggestions? I don’t have any of the seeds birds seem to like…any ideas welcomed!

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