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Posted by BEI Design on June 15, 2006, 2:15 pm
BEI Design wrote:
> Fortuantley the critter didn't get the lid off, but it sure
> tried!
Aaarrgghh! "Fortunately", the caffeine should kick in soon...
:-
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Posted by Pogonip on June 15, 2006, 3:14 pm
BEI Design wrote:
> I don't offer as wide a variety as you, mostly I put out black-oil
> sunflower seeds and the hummingbird feeders. In the winter I add some
> peanutbutter coated pinecones. I dislike the weeds from the mixed
> "wild-bird" seed.
>
> Beverly
>
>
Back before I started keeping the cats in the house all the time, I left
the cat doors open so they could come and go. One morning, I found cat
food paste all over the kitchen. The feeder (one of those tube ones you
can fill about once a week) was empty, the water dish looked like mud,
and there was this paste of the two all over. A small raccoon
apparently had a midnight snack in my kitchen. He had to be small to
get through the doors.
Raccoons are extremely clever and have great manual dexterity. My
ex-BIL had a Canadian raccoon as a pet years ago, and she was amazing.
She had to be confined because there was nothing in the house she
couldn't open. One time I recall she sat next to me on the floor and
went through my purse, opening and tasting everything.
I don't have the weed problem from the bird food. Nothing grows here
unless you put water on it, so I have the feeder over a bare space.
Next to it is a place the birds take dust baths. It looks exactly like
they do in the birdbath with water, they just do it with dust instead.
When we had the feeder in the tree over the grass, we still got no
weeds, but we still have bare spots where the feeder was (we moved it
several times) and we are watching and hoping the grass will be able to
grow across these spots.
So far I am not feeding the hummers, but I have a monster honeysuckle
bush that they like. There seem to be other flowers in the yard to
their taste, too, because I do see them flitting about.
My best plants, right now, are those cheapy miniature roses they sell in
the grocery store around Mother's Day, etc. When they go on sale, I buy
a bunch and put in the border around the patio. They thrive, and right
now I have so many perfect little roses in a rainbow of colors it's
dazzling. If I head them, they'll keep this up all summer. They do
much better than my standard roses and don't require as much maintenance.
--
Joanne
stitches @ singerlady.reno.nv.us.earth.alternate-universe
http://members.tripod.com/~bernardschopen/
http://stores.ebay.com/Sound-FuryRecords
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Posted by Sheila Heinrich on June 15, 2006, 6:28 pm
Pogonip wrote:
> Raccoons are extremely clever and have great manual dexterity. My ex-BIL
> had a Canadian raccoon as a pet years ago, and she was amazing. She had to
> be confined because there was nothing in the house she couldn't open. One
> time I recall she sat next to me on the floor and went through my purse,
> opening and tasting everything.
>
> --
> Joanne
> stitches @ singerlady.reno.nv.us.earth.alternate-universe
> http://members.tripod.com/~bernardschopen/
> http://stores.ebay.com/Sound-FuryRecords
And they think we Canadians are so quiet and well-mannered! LOL
Sheila in Canada
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Posted by Pogonip on June 16, 2006, 12:47 am
Sheila Heinrich wrote:
> Pogonip wrote:
>
>>Raccoons are extremely clever and have great manual dexterity. My ex-BIL
>>had a Canadian raccoon as a pet years ago, and she was amazing. She had to
>>be confined because there was nothing in the house she couldn't open. One
>>time I recall she sat next to me on the floor and went through my purse,
>>opening and tasting everything.
>>
>>--
>>Joanne
>>stitches @ singerlady.reno.nv.us.earth.alternate-universe
>>http://members.tripod.com/~bernardschopen/
>>http://stores.ebay.com/Sound-FuryRecords
>
>
> And they think we Canadians are so quiet and well-mannered! LOL
>
> Sheila in Canada
>
>
Ha! She was a love and a very classy lady. ;-) She was also much
larger than the local raccoons in Mill Valley, Ca. When we made her an
enclosure out on the deck, she held court out there.
--
Joanne
stitches @ singerlady.reno.nv.us.earth.alternate-universe
http://members.tripod.com/~bernardschopen/
http://stores.ebay.com/Sound-FuryRecords
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Posted by Karen Maslowski on June 15, 2006, 10:23 pm
Joanne, hummingbirds like red and pink flowers the best; impatiens,
phlox, fuschia, and any other flower that has a tube-like blossom.
My husband is a wildlife photographer who specializes in birds. We feed
them all!
Pogonip wrote:
> So far I am not feeding the hummers, but I have a monster honeysuckle
> bush that they like. There seem to be other flowers in the yard to
> their taste, too, because I do see them flitting about.
>
> My best plants, right now, are those cheapy miniature roses they sell in
> the grocery store around Mother's Day, etc. When they go on sale, I buy
> a bunch and put in the border around the patio. They thrive, and right
> now I have so many perfect little roses in a rainbow of colors it's
> dazzling. If I head them, they'll keep this up all summer. They do
> much better than my standard roses and don't require as much maintenance.
>
--
Karen Maslowski in Cincinnati
www.sewstorm.com
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