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What’s the best way to keep blackbirds off the feeder?
Posted on 6/13/25 at 9:05 pm
Posted on 6/13/25 at 9:05 pm
Sons of bitches eat all my damn finch bird seed in half a day, lazy arse dog won’t chase them away.
I buy a tiny feeder, I buy seed marketed for finches, but the bastards still bout tip the feeder over and gorge themselves on it. I’ve had enough!
What’s the trick?
I buy a tiny feeder, I buy seed marketed for finches, but the bastards still bout tip the feeder over and gorge themselves on it. I’ve had enough!
What’s the trick?
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Posted on 6/13/25 at 10:09 pm to Frac the world
When you find out, let me know I came home to 30 pigeons, black birds and crows. Looked like a bad omen lol!
Posted on 6/13/25 at 10:29 pm to Frac the world
Pellet gun
Posted on 6/14/25 at 6:42 am to Frac the world
Probably grackles. I hate those birds. They come in flocks and ruin the party.
Posted on 6/14/25 at 7:07 am to Frac the world
See if you can get some squirrels to locate the feeder. ! Pick your poison. Put a camera under feeder and see what comes in at night. You will be surprised. Much more than blackbirds!
Posted on 6/14/25 at 7:08 am to ynlvr
Safflower seed. They typically do not care about eating safflower seeds. Once I changed to safflower I stopped having issues with grackles or blackbirds.
Posted on 6/14/25 at 7:32 am to Frac the world
Cheap dog food or bread tossed out in another area of the yard. The less desirables will congregate to it.
Posted on 6/14/25 at 10:26 am to 10tiger
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When you find out, let me know I came home to 30 pigeons, black birds and crows. Looked like a bad omen lol!
quote:
Pellet gun
This solved my pigeon problem.
Posted on 6/14/25 at 10:58 am to Frac the world
My grandpa was a redass.
We used to make traps with lard from butchering. Trip the trap when it was full of blackbirds. We'd kill so many we'd turn the snow red.
No more blackbirds issues.
We used to make traps with lard from butchering. Trip the trap when it was full of blackbirds. We'd kill so many we'd turn the snow red.
No more blackbirds issues.
Posted on 6/14/25 at 12:04 pm to Frac the world
quote:
Sons of bitches eat all my damn finch bird seed in half a day
I have the same problem! One gets up on the feeder and rakes feed out to the rest of the flock. Fill it in the morning and they empty it by noon.
Posted on 6/14/25 at 2:48 pm to Frac the world
Finch feeder? We had those things build nests in all of our ferns this year. They’re nice birds but it’s a pain to water the plants gracefully instead of hosing them down.
Posted on 6/14/25 at 4:34 pm to Frac the world
Put a "Help Wanted" sign on the feeder.
Posted on 6/15/25 at 1:17 pm to ynlvr
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Probably grackles. I hate those birds. They come in flocks and ruin the party.
You were saying? LOL. At least they sing good.
Everything here is big. No small birds. Ducks, ibis, blackbirds, grackles, doves. Everything is big. Sandhill cranes, and deer eat out of my damn feeder.
This post was edited on 6/15/25 at 2:35 pm
Posted on 6/15/25 at 1:19 pm to LanierSpots
These bastards will empty your feeders in a hour.
Posted on 6/16/25 at 4:02 pm to Woodsmaster
Re: Safflower seeds: I put some in as a squirrel deterrent as a neighbor suggested (did not work). Small birds loved the seeds, but seems like I had a lot of white bird poop all over the area near the feeders . . . .lol
Posted on 6/16/25 at 4:40 pm to LanierSpots
shite if there were parakeets in my feeders I would be thrilled 
Posted on 6/16/25 at 5:36 pm to El Segundo Guy
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We used to make traps with lard from butchering. Trip the trap when it was full of blackbirds. We'd kill so many we'd turn the snow red.
Gives a new meaning to “a murder of crows”.
Posted on 6/16/25 at 5:52 pm to Jimbeaux
Mostly starlings, but if it was black then we killed them.
My grandpa would climb trees to raid crows' nests for young crows for pets. My dad always had a pet crows growing up. Middle of nowhere redasses.
My grandpa would climb trees to raid crows' nests for young crows for pets. My dad always had a pet crows growing up. Middle of nowhere redasses.
This post was edited on 6/16/25 at 5:56 pm
Posted on 6/16/25 at 9:00 pm to Frac the world
You sure it’s not cowbirds? Those bastards wipe out my feeders
Posted on 6/18/25 at 5:45 pm to cgrand
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shite if there were parakeets in my feeders I would be thrilled
We finally got them to start coming to ours and now they come every single day. Not always that many but usually 5-10 at a time. They are very entertaining.
Four of them are out there right now as I type this.
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