Feed the Birds Day

[nightshade]

WOW, these pictures are so good I won't bother

[Pat]

I always put down some currants, there's a blackbird that is always sitting on a branch at the edge of the wood where I feed the birds at lunchtime. As soon as I put the food down he swoops down and picks up as many currants as he can. Don't put down raisins though as they are poisoness to dogs and foxes.

[Helen]

Few more. Please remember that mealworms are ALWAYS a good food to put out for the birds, especially in the breeding season, and also in winter, when the ground is hard, and insect feeding birds find it difficult to search for insects.

a. Juvenile GSW b. Coal tit with mealworm c. Coal tit feeding its young.

[Helen]

A few more at the feeder.


3 photos of Greenfinches and one of a juvenile Goldfinch with Great tit.

[nightshade]

I made some insect cakes to celebrate, dried insects (terrible smell),dried mealworms and lard when I can get them out of the moulds I will see what the birds think,should have lined the moulds with cling film first!

[Pat]

Where do you get the dried insects from Nightshade?

[nightshade]

general search, google dried insects,gave me www.petfoodstore.co.uk
I hope this helps,my local shop denied the existence of dried insects but will stock them in future

[Helen]

Originally Posted by Pat

Where do you get the dried insects from Nightshade?

Most good petshops will stock them, if not ask them to.

You can also buy them on all the major bird food supplier websites.

[nightshade]

I am watching dunnock searching around under the pot I put dried mealworms and insects in for the coaltits they are picking up the spilled dried insects

[nightshade]

Pat,why are raisins poisonous to dogs/foxes? do you know. I once fed calf nuts to goats and made them ill, are there other combinations good for some animals not for others