I love feeding the wild turkeys. It's a rare day they stop by here lately, so an occasional bird seed treat is fun for me and them. I wish they would hang around the yard more, they sometimes dust bathe here too, I just adorable them. 🥰
I had problems with the Ravens wolfing suet down years ago too. Try using baffles underneath and on top. A cone turned down on top and and one turned up underneath. This scared off the Ravens for me. Crows are smaller than Ravens but it may work for you.
My Scrub and Pinyon Jays didn't stand a chance at the suet cage with 15 to 20 Western Tanagers fighting and brawling all day long. Now that the Tanagers are headed up to @R2elk s place, the Jays and Black-headed Grosbeaks are finally able to feed. I love my Jays. :love I am inundated with...
This is exactly why I have given up on trying to photograph birds... 🤣
And for those of you that love a good bird romance novel...
That's it for the comics today. 😁
I've got a huge influx of Western Tanagers, I've never had this many come into the yard over the years. At least 10 males and a few females. They are eating 2 cakes of suet a day, all fighting constantly at the suet feeder! As pretty as these birds are, I hope some of them move on soon, this is...