Birds Backyard Birding.. Nuthatches on a clever feeder.. I love the little birds.

Bert-63 · Jul 5, 2023

I never shoot birds on feeders. It's just a 'thing' I have.. This time I granted myself a waiver because the feeder looks natural and I thought it was a clever idea (not mine). The wood that the birds are perched on is driftwood from a local beach. It's in a purely natural state - it just looks wet in these images because we just ran a sprinkler.. On the non visible side I drilled one inch holes and packed them with suet and the birds love it. I liked the idea and thought you guys might too.

EOS-R and either the 100-400L II + 1.4X @ 560mm or the R5 with the 600mm f11.

PhotoJim58 · Jul 5, 2023

Very nice series.

Bert-63 · Jul 6, 2023

PhotoJim58 said:
Very nice series.

Thank you very much. Glad you looked!

mimigamez · Jul 6, 2023

Thanks for tip to drill on the trees, I’ll give it a try!

Bert-63 · Jul 6, 2023

mimigamez said:
Thanks for tip to drill on the trees, I’ll give it a try!

No! Separate piece of wood - maybe a branch or something from the forest if you don't have driftwood. I'd never drill a live tree in a million years.

SYSO · Jul 17, 2023

Have done this a couple of years ago, in fact made a couple of them, but I had to get rid of them as these natural feeders attracted Northern Flickers to my backyard. These woodpeckers, once a steady source of food was discovered, started claiming their territory by pounding on my metal chimney vent at early hours in the morning, waking everyone in the household, then started to build nests by drilling holes on the side of my house. These natural feeders, with my own home-made suet, were very effective in drawing birds to my backyard. If it weren't for the woodpeckers, I'd have kept them still.

Bert-63 · Jul 20, 2023

SYSO said:
Have done this a couple of years ago, in fact made a couple of them, but I had to get rid of them as these natural feeders attracted Northern Flickers to my backyard. These woodpeckers, once a steady source of food was discovered, started claiming their territory by pounding on my metal chimney vent at early hours in the morning, waking everyone in the household, then started to build nests by drilling holes on the side of my house. These natural feeders, with my own home-made suet, were very effective in drawing birds to my backyard. If it weren't for the woodpeckers, I'd have kept them still.

Yep, we just did the same for the same reason. It drew the woodpeckers. Oh well - we'll still put them out when we go camping..

SYSO · Jul 20, 2023

Bert-63 said:
Yep, we just did the same for the same reason. It drew the woodpeckers. Oh well - we'll still put them out when we go camping..

Do you want to find neat holes on the side of your house by the time you come back from camping?

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