Pictures From My Smart Bird Feeder

Medusa said:
Cute little guys.

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"Common pipistrelle

The common pipistrelle is so small, it can fit into a matchbox! Despite its size, it can easily eat 3,000 insects a night: look for it flitting around the garden or a lit lamp post as it chases its prey.

Scientific name
Pipistrellus pipistrellus

When to see
April to October"
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Yes! They are very small and quick.

We were once in a Country hotel and we saw a bat strolling down one of the corridors. It looked like a tiny, wizard scurrying along. :)
 
MarciKS said:
my squirrels have a giant tree across the street they could sharpen their teeth on but instead they insist on chewing up my porch.
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They surely do those sorts of things! Ugh.😒🤨🙄
Trish said:
@MarciKS Chilli or Cayenne pepper works! The squirrels were digging up our plants until we sprinkled chilli powder around.

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Sounds good, but if it was spread on the porch, wouldn't it get on soles of her shoes?? 🫣
And also would it wash off during any bit of rain?🤔

Nice to see you on this thread, @Trish
😀
 
Kaila said:
They surely do those sorts of things! Ugh.😒🤨🙄

Sounds good, but if it was spread on the porch, wouldn't it get on soles of her shoes?? 🫣
And also would it wash off during any bit of rain?🤔

Nice to see you on this thread, @Trish
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Thank you @Kaila :)

I guess so, if it were in an area where she walked but, we put it on the walls, pots, soil where we didn't walk. The rain will wash it away but, you just sprinkle some more. Maybe just put it around the edges of the porch? For us, it proved really effective and didn't take long before the squirrels decided to avoid our balcony. The squirrels did a lot of damage to our plants but we were luckier than a nearby neighbour who had a squirrel gnaw through some electrical wires.

For some reason, we had a period of time when we had lots of squirrels but, over recent times, there seem to be less now. I am not sure why that is but, just happy that they aren't visiting us anymore. :)
 
Trish said:
Thank you @Kaila :)

I guess so, if it were in an area where she walked but, we put it on the walls, pots, soil where we didn't walk. The rain will wash it away but, you just sprinkle some more. Maybe just put it around the edges of the porch? For us, it proved really effective and didn't take long before the squirrels decided to avoid our balcony. The squirrels did a lot of damage to our plants but we were luckier than a nearby neighbour who had a squirrel gnaw through some electrical wires.

For some reason, we had a period of time when we had lots of squirrels but, over recent times, there seem to be less now. I am not sure why that is but, just happy that they aren't visiting us anymore. :)
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I'm always up for the more natural solutions first. :) I can attest to the hot peppers working on squirrels; they learned to stay away from our feeder because of it.
 
When I returned from the second Lucius walk, husband was sitting outside on the deck and told me he had managed to call some red-winged blackbirds to the feeder by using their sounds on his phone! How cool is that? I told him that I would love some pictures or videos if he can get them. So hopefully, I'll have some to post soon. 🥰
 
Well, we don't have video of the red-winged blackbirds yet, but husband did message me a few nice ones of the finches. :)

I saw Mr. Cardinal today, near the feeder. It's nice to know he (and, I'm sure, lady cardinal) are still around.



I love the bird sounds in this one.


Our finches are so brightly colored; I think it might be in part due to the seed we're giving them. The hot pepper oil, maybe?


This little guy is cute, looking around and peeling seeds.
 
The birds you are feeding ARE very brightly coloured. I also think it might be due to the food you are feeding them. Cayenne pepper is very red in colour.

I love those purple finches. I know they are red but they are called purple finches. I wonder why? The don’t look the least bit purple! These are pictures of purple finches taken off the internet. They don’t look as red as yours. IMG_3492.jpeg
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Well thanks again for showing us pictures.
They are really beautiful!
 
PeppermintPatty said:
The birds you are feeding ARE very brightly coloured. I also think it might be due to the food you are feeding them. Cayenne pepper is very red in colour.

I love those purple finches. I know they are red but they are called purple finches. I wonder why? The don’t look the least bit purple! These are pictures of purple finches taken off the internet. They don’t look as red as yours. View attachment 500840
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Well thanks again for showing us pictures.
They are really beautiful!
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So, I looked this up (cause I had no idea) and we get the house (also known as red) finches here. And we do get purple finches as well, but in the winter, primarily.

I'm not sure how much that clears things up though, because we are just coming out of winter. I was trying to look for those striations on the tummies (of the purple finches) in the video, but I can't tell for sure.

I think what I may have is really red - red finches. :)

Thanks for your comments Patty and Kaila; it's fun sharing this thread. 🥰
 
Medusa said:
So, I looked this up (cause I had no idea) and we get the house (also known as red) finches here. And we do get purple finches as well, but in the winter, primarily.

I'm not sure how much that clears things up though, because we are just coming out of winter. I was trying to look for those striations on the tummies (of the purple finches) in the video, but I can't tell for sure.

I think what I may have is really red - red finches. :)

Thanks for your comments Patty and Kaila; it's fun sharing this thread. 🥰
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House finches. That’s probably what they are.
I didn’t think there’ was such a thing as a red finch.

Here’s the house finch
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And here’s the purple finch.
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I guess there IS a clear difference. Yes! You’re right. Those probably are house finches not purple finches. I was wrong.
 
I was going to a Forestry seminar on Missouri Song Birds tomorrow with a class in needle felting a bird.
It was canceled due to family emergency by the instructor. It will be held at a later date but I was so looking
forward to learning about the many birds here. The felting I know already but I love watching the others doing
their 1st project. Almost like watching a child draw their 1st picture. So cute!
Later date to look forward to though!
 
IrishEyes said:
I was going to a Forestry seminar on Missouri Song Birds tomorrow with a class in needle felting a bird.
It was canceled due to family emergency by the instructor. It will be held at a later date but I was so looking
forward to learning about the many birds here. The felting I know already but I love watching the others doing
their 1st project. Almost like watching a child draw their 1st picture. So cute!
Later date to look forward to though!
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That sounds like fun. Hope you get to go soon. 🥰
 
PeppermintPatty said:
House finches. That’s probably what they are.
I didn’t think there’ was such a thing as a red finch.

Here’s the house finch
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And here’s the purple finch.
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I guess there IS a clear difference. Yes! You’re right. Those probably are house finches not purple finches. I was wrong.
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Well, gosh Patty, I didn't know either and you were a bit ahead of me cause I didn't know of purple finches (they are really pretty.) It's fun though, learning about the birds as we go. 🤗
 
PeppermintPatty said:
House finches. That’s probably what they are.
I didn’t think there’ was such a thing as a red finch.

Here’s the house finch
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And here’s the purple finch.
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I guess there IS a clear difference. Yes! You’re right. Those probably are house finches not purple finches. I was wrong.
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I agree with @Medusa
And all of you: it's often extremely difficult to tell them apart in actual settings.

I was once told that house finches have brighter red, but in fewer places on their bodies,

While the purple finches are not such bright red, but are washed over most all of their bodies with the raspberry juice red.

Hmmmmm 🤔🙄🤓🫤😏🤔

Still, in actual life, I'm not sure that clears it up, as well as it sounds like it would.
😚😁😄
 
Kaila said:
I agree with @Medusa
And all of you: it's often extremely difficult to tell them apart in actual settings.

I was once told that house finches have brighter red, but in fewer places on their bodies,

While the purple finches are not such bright red, but are washed over most all of their bodies with the raspberry juice red.

Hmmmmm 🤔🙄🤓🫤😏🤔

Still, in actual life, I'm not sure that clears it up, as well as it sounds like it would.
😚😁😄
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Yeah, I can kind of see that in the pictures Patty provided. It's going to be fun trying to spot them this winter. 😊
 
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