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Slickcraft · 11-13-2010, 10:13 AM

Thanks for the great photos.

We have a regular flock that empties two hanging feeders of black oil seed every day. Well they get a little help from other birds but the chickadees are the main customers. The feeders hang from a long wire between the house and a tree; we use a step ladder to fill the feeders. If the feeders had been empty, they make quite a fuss sitting right next to my head waiting for the full feeder to be hung. I can hear the flutter of many wings around my head.

A strange thing happened last winter, the chickadees never showed-up. We used less than two 50 lb bags of seed all winter for a variety of other birds. In prior winters we had used 4+ bags.

Well they are back this year and already almost two full 50 lb bags are history!

11-13-2010, 10:13 AM	#3
Slickcraft Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Welch Island and West Alton Posts: 3,218 Thanks: 1,175 Thanked 2,002 Times in 915 Posts	Thanks for the great photos. We have a regular flock that empties two hanging feeders of black oil seed every day. Well they get a little help from other birds but the chickadees are the main customers. The feeders hang from a long wire between the house and a tree; we use a step ladder to fill the feeders. If the feeders had been empty, they make quite a fuss sitting right next to my head waiting for the full feeder to be hung. I can hear the flutter of many wings around my head. A strange thing happened last winter, the chickadees never showed-up. We used less than two 50 lb bags of seed all winter for a variety of other birds. In prior winters we had used 4+ bags. Well they are back this year and already almost two full 50 lb bags are history!