grey catbird eating jelly?
bedelia
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Comments (11)This year we've had an influx of birds. I think the reason is that we have a number of shrubs that are maturing and starting to produce more and more fruit. We don't have a feeder filled at all, just filling up the bird bath. I counted 7 robins yesterday and there's at least one pair of catbirds, and an oriole stopped by the other day. All of them are hanging around the vegetable garden and bird bath. I was watching them with the binoculars this morning and the catbird pair was hopping in and out of the patch of Cilantro, pecking away at what I imagine are insects. Same pair was having a good time all around the cabbage plants. I don't have any seedlings per se to damage, and I'd be surprised if they were doing more than just looking for insects. My only concern is the droppings that are showing up on the foliage of some of the plants....See MoreRose hip jam or jelly?
Comments (34)Hah, I googled 'nchfp rose hips', because it is that time again, and found this old thread I had forgotten about! Too late to learn from my own mistakes documented here, though :-). But hopefully next time I will remember to look this up. This year, I'm doing a different made up method, simmering the rose hips until soft and then mashing with a potato masher. Maybe I'll try some lemon or lime juice, like the recipes in this thread. I'm not aiming for jelly, just syrup. That's what the previous batch ended up being, and it was so very tasty. if I had looked up this thread in time, I think I would have tried the freezer jam version, putting the raw rose hips in the juicer. I had them in the freezer already, so they would be mushy enough to get pretty good juice with just the juicer, I imagine. But instead I am doing the cooking method....See Morecatbirds gone, too quiet
Comments (65)I have really enjoyed reading some of these older threads, there is a lot of good information in them. I really enjoy gardening for wildlife but my gardens are a little behind some of the other posters here. I would love to see pictures of how your gardens have turned out Rita (and anybody else), if you ever get around to it. Re the catbirds - they have always hung around in my yard, because of the plantings and the birdbaths. They seem to take a LOT of baths! This winter I put up a Suet Log right outside a window and the catbirds love the homemade suet mixture, so I get to see them up close and personal. They do seem to be curious about what I'm doing in the yard sometimes, kind of like the Chickadees. I also enjoy their pretty songs when they aren't making that whiny cat sound. Also I dug out an old Burning Bush and replaced it with a 6 foot Serviceberry this Spring (BIG improvement). The berries are ripening and the Catbirds are on the Serviceberry every day. They are fun birds to have around!...See MoreWhat do orioles eat?
Comments (2)i have four nesting pairs of orioles on open woods and old pastures surrounding me. they come off and on all day to my garden area and flowers and necter feeders and fruit tray and jelly dishes and a bowl with dried mealworms soaked till plump. the individual birds each have their own likes and favorites. they all love jelly but some grape and some strawberry and some apricot. some i only see on the necter feeders. i put out watermelon rinds with pulp left on them when we cut a melon and some love to eat the watermelon. they all pick insects off garden plants and there are native shrubs with berrys or fruit on them that some eat on. when the sunflowers plants start to flower on put on heads i see them catching insect.one female eats from a pan on a cooler just outside of the kitchen window and picks out the raisens and fruit bits from the seed mix....See Morebluebirdbabe
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