gloveman

Don't bother buying a blown glass feeder. They look very nice but drip constantly. I treated myself to two but am back on the good old plastic ones now.

sans

Is it a fisher???? Seem to remember Steve P or ( hangman ) as he called his self back then teasing me about these acouple of yrs ago..........

Paradisefound

We put 2 or 3 feeders out each year on the deck and they come up and feed even when there are a lot of people around.

BC Hopefuls

If you look closely you can see one guy sitting on the beak of another.

I have 4 feeders around the deck and its so noisy sitting out there, its like being under the flight path at Heathrow! At first they were great fun but I think I am going to have to move the feeders further away. I have one just outside the window and its always got birds on it so I don't think you can put them too close to the house.

The fancy glass one's are nice to look at but I have a friend who has one and the birds don't use it, they prefer the plain red ones. They seem to replicate the flowers better, perhaps the glass ones don't look like flowers.

The crows have learn't how to hover and are eating the suet from the woodpecker feeder on the tree... arhh!!! They can eat a whole suet in a couple of hours, its costing me a fortune and the woodpecker doesn't get a look in. Any ideas anyone??? I am going to have to put some big spikes around the feeder so they can't get so close.



Help, 3 times I have attached the photo but it isn't working......

Steve_P

If you look at the message at the top of the forum called "Site Problems" you'll see at the present time you can't upload files.

BC Hopefuls

Doh!!! Thanks Steve. I kept getting the message 'not a valid image' so I saved it as jpg, bmp, gif and it still wouldn't work. I'll try and add it later, shame it is such a cute photo!!!

BC Hopefuls

OK, picture is uploaded now. Check out the guy in the bottom left.

We have 5 feeders up on the deck at the moment. I am thinking of moving them to the other end of the yard as they are so noisy!! A girl needs some quiet while she's drinking her wine in the sun

Cassie 10000

Great picture

Island_Girl

I have resident humming birds all year long, there are some humming birds that do not migrate in the winter. once in a while when I am in the garden they will buzz past my head to let me know I am in there way they are definately beautiful to watch my feeders get the busiest early in the morning and at dusk.

Island Girl

JonboyE

One of these:

sans

We used to call them butterfly bushes, back home

sans

Cheeky sod...like his style hehe

woodmanbg

Do you think Buddleia would survive here in Bragg Creek. Had a super one in the UK. Want to attract as many butterflies as possible, we have already had some Camberwell Beauties around, sorry they are called Mourning Cloke here.

Wild George

Hi Bev
I've never tried to grow a Buddleia here, but a friend of mine in Springbank has a couple of really nice bushes in her front yard.
Your best bet is to ask Jane Boyce at Stonecreek garden centre, she has lived here forever and knows all there is to know about what plants do or do not grow and also what gets eaten by the deer.
See you,
Georgie

woodmanbg

Thanks Georgie, will look her up.