Popular Post donkpow Posted February 2, 2020 Popular Post Share #1 Posted February 2, 2020 While I was out working today, I built a bird perch for the cat to view. She's an older cat and enjoys looking out the window. When a bird comes by, she gets excited. This perch is placed in plane view of the window and stands in a position that feral cats can't ambush. I made it out of the metal frame of a room divider I found along the road. The metal is paper thin so it's not good for much of anything. 4 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Longjohn ★ Posted February 2, 2020 Share #2 Posted February 2, 2020 Now you need to mount a bird feeder on it. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smudge ★ Posted February 3, 2020 Share #3 Posted February 3, 2020 2 hours ago, Longjohn said: Now you need to mount a bird feeder on it. This. Black oil sunflower seeds. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Longjohn ★ Posted February 3, 2020 Share #4 Posted February 3, 2020 4 minutes ago, smudge said: This. Black oil sunflower seeds. I’ve gone through about the first 100# so far this winter. Mine is hanging on the front porch which has a cement deck. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smudge ★ Posted February 3, 2020 Share #5 Posted February 3, 2020 17 minutes ago, Longjohn said: I’ve gone through about the first 100# so far this winter. Mine is hanging on the front porch which has a cement deck. Wow. Are you feeding the whole flock? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Longjohn ★ Posted February 3, 2020 Share #6 Posted February 3, 2020 1 hour ago, smudge said: Wow. Are you feeding the whole flock? I would only have used about 1/3 of that if I could only feed the worthy birds. Little brown tweety birds come in about fifty at a time. The cardinals, finches, chick a dees, and wood peckers are welcome any time. I have a big woodpecker that likes the seeds. Most of the wood peckers stay on the pecker blocks I have out there. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
donkpow Posted February 3, 2020 Author Share #7 Posted February 3, 2020 We have a feeder around the other side of the house. It requires daily care. One of the feral cats is a young male, stupid all day long. For weeks he tried to get birds at the feeder. He then achieved a solution, jump into the feeder and wait. His results didn't improve but at least he thought a way through. The feeder has to be closed and boarded up at night. The raccoons descend like locust and tear the thing up. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tizeye Posted February 3, 2020 Share #8 Posted February 3, 2020 Make it al little stronger, and a twin perch a little further away. String lines between the two and you will have a solar dryer. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Longjohn ★ Posted February 3, 2020 Share #9 Posted February 3, 2020 37 minutes ago, donkpow said: We have a feeder around the other side of the house. It requires daily care. One of the feral cats is a young male, stupid all day long. For weeks he tried to get birds at the feeder. He then achieved a solution, jump into the feeder and wait. His results didn't improve but at least he thought a way through. The feeder has to be closed and boarded up at night. The raccoons descend like locust and tear the thing up. Our raccoons can’t find a way up to our feeders. They all hang from the porch roof. Seeds that get knocked out of the feeder are usually eaten by doves that are a bit too big to land on the feeder. At night the rabbits scavenge for anything the doves missed. The raccoons clean up any leftovers from the feral cat dishes on the back deck. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
donkpow Posted February 3, 2020 Author Share #10 Posted February 3, 2020 1 hour ago, Tizeye said: Make it al little stronger, and a twin perch a little further away. String lines between the two and you will have a solar dryer. I am a little worried that one of the hawks will take over the perch. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Longjohn ★ Posted February 3, 2020 Share #11 Posted February 3, 2020 1 minute ago, donkpow said: I am a little worried that one of the hawks will take over the perch. I think the hawks would rather stay back and keep an eye on the perch. A lot easier to snag a bird off the perch than out of the bushes. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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