Outdoor Ontario

Off Topic => Anything Goes => Topic started by: egret on October 05, 2009, 02:33:25 PM

Title: Questions: and dont all pick on me.. now :)
Post by: egret on October 05, 2009, 02:33:25 PM

I was out to Cranberry Marsh
and just lovely
there

now, the chickadees will feed from your hand
I had not feed
and ...

they did land when I put out my hand
guess that was teasing them rather
My goodness they are beautiful wee creatures
right up close, they they flew off


#1.. what should we bring to feed them?
or NOT feed them

#2... the Owl.. that is out in the Marsh there
What is the reason plse?



tks in advance

what a grand day we had!   wonderful therapy for us
and will return soon


Egret

Title: Ref: Chickadees
Post by: JTF on October 05, 2009, 02:54:43 PM

Chickadees are very hardy birds that will survive whether you feed them or not. Nothing wrong with using black sun flowers seeds in your hand for them at all, enjoy.

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Post by: egret on October 05, 2009, 03:09:22 PM

Hi

tks for this

P/S  I found this article on line

cant wait to go back again


Egret :)


http://bird-watching.suite101.com/artic ... chickadees (http://bird-watching.suite101.com/article.cfm/hand_feeding_wild_chickadees)

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Post by: Kin Lau on October 05, 2009, 07:32:06 PM

The owl is for the hawk-watch. Passing raptors sometimes take a run at the owl before they realize it's fake. Some at least end up a bit closer than they would otherwise be.

Title: Besides BCC's
Post by: Ron Luft on October 06, 2009, 03:00:16 PM

Besides Chickadees I have had both Nuthatches come to hand and take sunflower seeds and rarer even had a Downy Woodpecker which is actually quite intimidating in the hand when compared to the Chickadee. It's bill is huge after the others. Last winter I watched someone hand feeding bird seed mix to Turkeys on Hall's Rd. Not sure about that one.  I happened upon a stranded Trumpeter Swan in Oshawa last winter. Weak and starved at least several hundred M from L.Ont. At first thinking him injurred we pondered. I thought of seed in my car and as soon as he/she saw the seed he stood and approached. I feed him from my hand and he/she was quite gentle. I used the seed to coax it from the busy park road onto a snowbank and left it all I had. This was reported and I only hope help arrived. I understand the laws of nature but it seems to me that a Trumpeter deserves alittle extra. I do not believe in mass feedings of geese, ducks and swans in general.

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Post by: Kin Lau on October 06, 2009, 04:11:47 PM

Chickadees will also take peanuts, preferrable out of the shell, but it's interesting to see them try to take off with a whole peanut.

There's also a resident Blue Jay at Cranberry that will take peanuts from your hand.

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Post by: Moira on October 06, 2009, 06:57:05 PM

At Hall's Road, the chickadees, several Blue Jays and a nuthatch are eating out of the birders/photographers' hands.  Most feed black sunflower seeds, millet, peanuts (shelled for the smaller birds and unshelled for the bluejays).

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Post by: egret on October 07, 2009, 01:58:43 PM

Hello:

tks for all your responses
and Ron, what a story
sad .. but happy about the Swan
you'd want to do something

I cant wait to go out there again
and yes, I agree re a Woodpecker
on your hand.  They would be like a giant!

There were bluejays when I was on the path
milling about

Kin:  tks re the owl.. I thought so

turkeys, Ill have to watch for them
and also maybe a fox

It is lovely there!

Enjoy all


Egret