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Have you ever established a feeding routine with a wild animal and then moved away?

Posted on 9/21/26 at 6:33 pm
Posted by Buster Swift
Member since Sep 2026
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Posted on 9/21/26 at 6:33 pm
I have this little family of birds I've been feeding for a few years. They are foragers so I know they're not dependent on my food to survive.

Still, as sappy as it seems, I'll be sad when I don't see them every day.

It brought great joy to my life to feed them every day.

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Posted by Kcrad
Diamondhead
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Posted on 9/21/26 at 6:39 pm to
I guess your TexasTiger33, Recognizable Poster, and Trip Savage accounts aren't working properly. Good luck with this abomination of an account.

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Posted by Saint Alfonzo
Member since Jan 2019
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Posted on 9/21/26 at 6:40 pm to
Posted by LSUballs
Member since Feb 2008
40498 posts
Posted on 9/21/26 at 6:44 pm to
Any particular species or was it a multi ethnic bird family?
Posted by AUFANATL
Member since Dec 2007
5560 posts
Posted on 9/21/26 at 6:46 pm to

I live in a subdivision with a pond where a group of geese have taken up residence. Every day the mailman parks in a certain spot and eats his lunch. He also brings a bunch of food for the geese so they know to go to that spot every day at lunchtime and wait for the mailman to feed them. Of course mail doesn't deliver on Sunday but every weekend the geese gather at the same spot all day waiting for their snack which never comes. After a while they get ornery and start biting each other and anyone who walks near. It's like their brains are just smart enough to know to go that spot every day at 1:00 but too stupid to realize that once a week is going to be a no show.
Posted by NawlinsTiger9
Where the mongooses roam
Member since Jan 2009
40656 posts
Posted on 9/21/26 at 6:46 pm to
We were feeding a stray cat before our last move

And it’s on the couch next to me right now

Not exactly what your situation describes but I certainly feel the sentiment
Posted by brsa
Baton Rouge, La.
Member since Sep 2007
1355 posts
Posted on 9/21/26 at 6:49 pm to
Absolutely, In the fall and winter, we've been feeding a family of blue jays raw peanuts for last few years.

They will definitely let you know when they are hungry. Haven't gotten them to eat out of our hands yet but close.

Have a crow that i would love to come down but not yet..
So yes, We would miss them.
This post was edited on 9/21/26 at 6:52 pm
Posted by NawlinsTiger9
Where the mongooses roam
Member since Jan 2009
40656 posts
Posted on 9/21/26 at 6:50 pm to
quote:

Have a crow that i would love to come down but not yet..


Crows are awesome. I hope you win him over
Posted by Funky Tide 8
Bayou Chico
Member since Feb 2009
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Posted on 9/21/26 at 6:52 pm to

This post was edited on 9/21/26 at 6:56 pm
Posted by callofthewild
Charlotte, NC
Member since Jul 2019
38 posts
Posted on 9/21/26 at 6:57 pm to
Yes, I have a deer stand in the back yard and keep it full with Big Tine cherry deer feed. I love to see the wildlife feed from it. I see does come in the fall and winter and then come with their speckled fawns in the spring. I have a family of geese that waddle down the steep hill behind my house to come peck at the corn. I watched their goslings go from fluffy to fully fledged this summer and their little feet have worn a trail down the hill as they come and go. I see fat squirrels sitting in the feed stuffing and see cardinals, hawks, all kinds of birds eat the sunflower seeds. I even watched a rabbit and deer feed together like Bambi and Thumper. I do think about moving some day and feel sad to think the next homeowners may drive them away.

Any scraps I put out in the side yard where my cameras can pick up the activity. I love to watch the possum, coons, foxes, an occasional stray cat get a meal. We had a coyote with a bad limp last year. He’d come and get some scraps until I never saw him again. Poor guy.

One day when I sell, I’ll miss seeing the natural world trying to survive alongside me.
Posted by brsa
Baton Rouge, La.
Member since Sep 2007
1355 posts
Posted on 9/21/26 at 6:58 pm to
I would love that. I saw where they bring you crazy stuff for befriending them.
Neighbor has a couple outside cats so I'm assuming that's what's keeping him/her from coming,
Posted by dinner roll
buttery goodness
Member since Feb 2006
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Posted on 9/21/26 at 6:58 pm to
Posted by brsa
Baton Rouge, La.
Member since Sep 2007
1355 posts
Posted on 9/21/26 at 7:01 pm to
Damn! All of a sudden, my story sucks lol.
Posted by callofthewild
Charlotte, NC
Member since Jul 2019
38 posts
Posted on 9/21/26 at 7:05 pm to
Nope, yours was great. Love blue jays & crows. Quite the characters!
This post was edited on 9/21/26 at 7:09 pm
Posted by Bayou
Boudin, LA
Member since Feb 2005
43845 posts
Posted on 9/21/26 at 7:07 pm to
I have a morning/evening feeding routine for my deer. They're like kids that have trained me! Don't plan on moving though.
Posted by Disco Ball
Denham Springs
Member since May 2025
1823 posts
Posted on 9/21/26 at 7:19 pm to
This little girl lives on my front porch in a gap between the brick steps and the stucco
Whenever I find a bug that made its way into the house it's captured alive and placed in her web....let the fun begin.

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Posted by chryso
Baton Rouge
Member since Jul 2008
14183 posts
Posted on 9/21/26 at 7:21 pm to
I have a neighbor who feeds 12 deer daily, in a neighborhood.
Posted by Pintail
Member since Nov 2011
12205 posts
Posted on 9/21/26 at 7:42 pm to
We had a dove that one year made a nest in a fern hanging on the back porch. Hung a fern back the next year and it made another nest. This went on for another year or so before we moved. When we sold the house the dove had a nest in the fern. It was the only thing I left and I hope the new homeowners kept one in that spot for her to come back.

The first few times we walked out it would scare her away. Then she got so used to us that you could reach up and open the fern to look at her with the baby chicks.
Posted by Syd
Member since Sep 2012
5272 posts
Posted on 9/21/26 at 7:45 pm to
I've got a camera behind my fence that connects to woods behind me, I'm in a neighborhood but back in a corner lot by ourselves. I just have two doe, three fawns, and two coons eating corn and leftover blueberry cobbler together.
Posted by Buster Swift
Member since Sep 2026
3 posts
Posted on 9/21/26 at 7:51 pm to
quote:

I saw where they bring you crazy stuff for befriending them.
I feed the crows daily. They follow me around the neighborhood and greet me when I step outside. They alternate feeding times with the blue jays. They have a system...

And the crows left me presents a few times over the years. The best was the spinal fragment of what I think was either a squirrel or cottontail rabbit...
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