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This Snow is For the Birds - Please Feed Them!

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January 11, 2011 10:04 PM

This Snow is For the Birds - Please Feed Them!

Here we go again--yet another winter storm plowing through Connecticut! Schools are already being called off (for more on this, check my recent post Is it Yet Another Snow Holiday?) All of this snow and wind is making it difficult for birds to get their food and for the humans who feed them to refill the feeders. So if you are able to get out your door, please try to remember that our backyard beauties need some energy right about now. My five feeders are being emptied almost as fast as I fill them!

Birds Need Food During Storms

Updated photo from 11 A.M. . . .

The Birds are still Hungry

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Wallace S. Gibson, CPM

Gibson Management Group, Ltd. - Charlottesville, VA

LandlordWhisperer

I rarely make it through a loaf of bread before it goes stale so I make pieces and leave them in the driveway or on our deck for the birds....they must know what the plastic bag in my hand means as they always seem to find it!

Jan 11, 2011 10:12 PM

Debbie Gartner

The Flooring Girl - White Plains, NY

The Flooring Girl & Blog Stylist -Dynamo Marketers

Yes, not happy about this snow. I now need to reschedule my appt - this white stuff really gets in the way of my biz.

Jan 11, 2011 10:35 PM

Rick Cignoli

Norcom Mortgage NMLS# 71655 Equal Housing Lender - Avon, CT

Sr. Mortgage Loan Officer

Chris ... Squirrels! Those thieves! No matter what I do they seem to find a way of getting to the good stuff.

Jan 11, 2011 11:58 PM

Ed Silva, 203-206-0754

Mapleridge Realty, CT 203-206-0754 - Waterbury, CT

Central CT Real Estate Broker Serving all equally

Chris, I don't have boots high enough to get to the bird feeders we have set up on poles to keep the squirrels away. It will have to wait until I'm done with the shovreling then I will get some very cold and wet legs trying to feed the birds

Jan 12, 2011 02:02 AM

Chris Canfield

Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage - Tucson, AZ

Homes for Sale in Oro Valley and Tucson, Arizona

Hi Wallace - I have never understood the term "bird brained" as birds are very smart--especially when it comes to food!

Hi Debbie - Yes this winter has been a scheduling challenge beyond compare!

Jan 12, 2011 03:19 AM

Hi Rick - I have managed to foil the squirrels!

1. Cut down all trees and branches from which they can launch onto the feeder

2. Use many "squirrel proofing" contraptions to keep them getting up from the ground to the feeder.

3. Give them their own feeder (but they don't share AT ALL).

4. Rake up lots of acorns in the fall, put them in a trash can on its side next to the driveway (not visible from the driveway or road), and let them empty it through the winter--happy squirrels and fewer young oak trees to pull up in the spring!

Jan 12, 2011 03:23 AM

Hi Ed - I don't have boots this high either. I have my driveway plowed, but I shovel a walkway to my bird feeders! : )

Jan 12, 2011 03:25 AM

Debbie Walsh

SHAHAR Management - Middletown, NY

Hudson Valley NY Real Estate 845.283-3036

Love to feed the birds. Just have to watch out for the bears around here because they love the bird food too!

Jan 13, 2011 05:03 AM

Hi Debra - I don't think that my squirrel proofing would keep the bears away. : )

Jan 13, 2011 07:40 AM

This Snow is For the Birds - Please Feed Them!

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