Just hose it out and fill with fresh water every day—you should do that anyway to prevent disease. |
Good point! |
| What are the safe materials or specific brand names of bird baths that do not contain toxic heavy metal paints or metals? Thanks. |
| How do you attract more Cardinals? Is there any trick of specific feed or bird feeder color? |
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If the birds are bringing disease, just don't have the birthbath anyway. They're basically sky vermin. |
| Are you in the city? I had a bird feeder once in the city and a rat(s) came to eat the seeds that fell on the ground. I haven’t had a bird feeder since. |
Maybe chickadees? |
Do you have a ring? I have three different ones in my yard every night. |
Possibly house sparrows, the males, although chickadees and nuthatches are other good suggestions. |
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Thanks for this, OP! I have two feeders out. One has safflower seeds and the other has niger seeds. Nuthatches, jays and cardinals come to the first. I love the two pairs of goldfinches who come to the niger seeds.
I had hummingbirds two years ago. Did you know they come back to the exact same spot year after year? Last year I didn’t put the feeder out (I was spending a lot of time at my mom’s when she was in hospice) and I lost them. So I’m trying again this year, but so far no hummers. |
You’re lucky! We have several wandering cats in this neighborhood. A number of neighbors and I have tried to get the owners to keep their cats inside, especially during nesting and fledging season. But the owners won’t listen. |
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I have this awesome feeder to deter squirrels. It tosses them off the perch and provides so much entertainment.
Droll Yankees YF-M Yankee Flipper Squirrel-Proof Bird Feeder, 17.25", Green https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00004ZB4U/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_i_wp33EbFZ2X6CC |
| I must have missed the harsh winters the past few years |