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Hi and welcome, gene!
It sounds like you are having a good time with your birds. If you want to post an image, you will need to first post it someplace like photobucket and then copy the URL over here. Do you see the “img” button above the reply box? Hit that and then copy the URL. I hope you get it done because we would all like to see your pictures.
Gin
Atlanta, GAIt could also be a cardinal. Definitely not TUTI or CACH. I think the dried leaves are incidental.
Gin
Atlanta, GAIf you are lucky, those birds you saw a mile away won’t find you and will stay where they are. The problem is as the population pressure increases there, they will probably move on. Where? Who knows.
BTW, I have 2 traps and sometimes I use them at the same time. I guess it depends on personal preference and need.
Gin
Atlanta, GA“I never knew live mealworms were calcium depleting!!!”
Some people think they are if fed in abundance. If you are worried about that, you can dust live worms with calcium CARBONATE. You can find that in any pet store in the reptile food section.
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Gin
Atlanta, GACarolyn, there may indeed be tons of earthworms out there but they are never fed to nestlings except in very dire circumstances. Earthworms make nestlings very sick and can kill them.
Go ahead and stick with dried mealworms. If yours love them there is no reason to switch. Just remember not to give them out with a heavy hand. Too many are calcium depleting and they do need a healthy dose of natural food everyday.
Gin
Atlanta, GAThey could be after the hulled sunflower. I have had them eat plenty of that. Like you, mine usually like mealworms and suet mix. They don’t need a whole lot of other offerings most of the year since insects are around most of the time. In high summer they can find plenty of berries to supplement the insect part of their diet.
BTW, fun picture!
Gin
Atlanta, GASitting on hands works, Fred. I should know as I have done that many times! You can probably name incidents.
Gin
Atlanta, GAYep, hawks will try to do that. Nobody can resist what looks like a sure-fire meal. I do wish the hawks could get at them, though.
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