Seriousness What's out in your garden now .... - Page 95

Fledchen · 12-05-2010, 09:07 AM

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Originally Posted by kennyc

Not quite sure what a junco is, but I have some that insist on eating only from the ground below the feeder even though there are perfectly good seeds in the feeder.

Juncos are supposed to be the clean-up crew that eats what the other birds (and the messy squirrels) spill on the ground. The ones here sometimes eat directly from the feeder.

FlorenceArt · 12-05-2010, 09:34 AM

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Originally Posted by Fledchen

Juncos are supposed to be the clean-up crew that eats what the other birds (and the messy squirrels) spill on the ground. The ones here sometimes eat directly from the feeder.

Maybe you are witnessing an evolutionary jump: a new breed of juncos that have learned to feed from the feeder! Will they prevail? We'll know in a few million generations.

kennyc · 12-05-2010, 09:46 AM

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Originally Posted by Fledchen

Juncos are supposed to be the clean-up crew that eats what the other birds (and the messy squirrels) spill on the ground. The ones here sometimes eat directly from the feeder.

I just looked them up in of my bird books and yes Juncos are the ones I'm seeing. Book says they will come to feeders, but are most comfortable on the ground where they scratch for seeds and insects.

kindlekitten · 12-05-2010, 10:11 AM

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Originally Posted by kennyc

Not quite sure what a junco is, but I have some that insist on eating only from the ground below the feeder even though there are perfectly good seeds in the feeder.

at least you have a clean up crew!

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Originally Posted by kennyc

I just looked them up in of my bird books and yes Juncos are the ones I'm seeing. Book says they will come to feeders, but are most comfortable on the ground where they scratch for seeds and insects.

I wish I had some that did that here! my bird feeders are in what is supposed to be my herb garden. I have all sorts of things growing here that should not be. some years the squirrels are more active here, and some less. when they are active, they keep the area cleaned up

GeoffC · 01-26-2011, 06:13 AM

Spring approaches it doth seem...

The ponds are all un-frozen for the first time since before Christmas last year !
We have many spring bulbs starting to show - especially snow-drops.
The Blue Tits are investigating the bird-box (in recent years they've been beaten by House Sparrows).
The geese are all moving away northwestwards.

The general state of the garden, though, is depressed after the snow and is very muddy and water-logged (though not as wet as I'm sure some are!).

Plans I have for this year - I wonder if they'll come to fruition ,,,,,

How's everyone else ?

kennyc · 01-26-2011, 06:36 AM

WOW Geoff! Could spring really be on the way? I just seems ugly winter here...

FlorenceArt · 01-26-2011, 07:10 AM

Birds have started singing again, days are getting longer, we're getting there!!!

[Oops, sorry!]

kennyc · 01-26-2011, 07:25 AM

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Originally Posted by FlorenceArt

Birds have started singing again, days are getting longer, we're getting there!!!

[Oops, sorry!]

Whaaaa???? what's to be sorry for?

Or was it that you just broke out in song like Julie Andrews in The Sound of Music???

.

FlorenceArt · 01-26-2011, 07:44 AM

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Originally Posted by kennyc

Whaaaa???? what's to be sorry for?

Or was it that you just broke out in song like Julie Andrews in The Sound of Music???

.

Well I deleted the reason

I was posting and a co-worker made fun of me, then I started fooling around with the keyboard and the result was that the last sentence of the post (now deleted) was just gibberish

GeoffC · 01-26-2011, 07:46 AM

gobberish is fine - does it come in any colour other than red, and does it fruit come the Summer?

kennyc · 01-26-2011, 07:58 AM

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Originally Posted by GeoffC

gobberish is fine - does it come in any colour other than red, and does it fruit come the Summer?

kindlekitten · 01-26-2011, 01:15 PM

I need to get my tomatoes started. as I have ABSOLUTELY NO INTENTION OF TRAVELING THIS YEAR!!!! (hear me fates!?) (other than to my father's memorial) I am going to plant the big garden this year, almost a half acre

phenomshel · 01-26-2011, 05:19 PM

No gardening here yet. January in the Midwest is too early to even think about it. Everything's still buried under snow. Last frost date here is May 15...
Like KK, I might start some things indoors, but it's even too early for that.

GeoffC · 01-27-2011, 02:35 AM

January is the best time for thinking .... planning .....

FlorenceArt · 01-27-2011, 03:52 AM

I'll start planning, and maybe sowing, when I get back from holiday in February...

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01-26-2011, 06:13 AM	#1415
GeoffC Chocolate Grasshopper ... Posts: 27,599 Karma: 20821184 Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Scotland Device: Muse HD , Cybook Gen3 , Pocketbook 302 (Black) , Nexus 10: wife has PW	Spring approaches it doth seem... The ponds are all un-frozen for the first time since before Christmas last year ! We have many spring bulbs starting to show - especially snow-drops. The Blue Tits are investigating the bird-box (in recent years they've been beaten by House Sparrows). The geese are all moving away northwestwards. The general state of the garden, though, is depressed after the snow and is very muddy and water-logged (though not as wet as I'm sure some are!). Plans I have for this year - I wonder if they'll come to fruition ,,,,, How's everyone else ?

01-26-2011, 06:36 AM	#1416
kennyc The Dank Side of the Moon Posts: 35,907 Karma: 119230421 Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Denver, CO Device: Kindle2; Kindle Fire	WOW Geoff! Could spring really be on the way? I just seems ugly winter here...

01-26-2011, 07:10 AM	#1417
FlorenceArt High Priestess Posts: 5,761 Karma: 5042529 Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Montreuil sous bois, France Device: iPad Pro 9.7, iPhone 6 Plus	Birds have started singing again, days are getting longer, we're getting there!!! [Oops, sorry!]

01-26-2011, 07:46 AM	#1420
GeoffC Chocolate Grasshopper ... Posts: 27,599 Karma: 20821184 Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Scotland Device: Muse HD , Cybook Gen3 , Pocketbook 302 (Black) , Nexus 10: wife has PW	gobberish is fine - does it come in any colour other than red, and does it fruit come the Summer?

01-26-2011, 01:15 PM	#1422
kindlekitten Professional Adventuress Posts: 13,368 Karma: 50260224 Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: The Olympic Peninsula on the OTHER Washington! (the big green clean one on the west coast!) Device: Kindle, the original! Times Two! and gifting an International Kindle	I need to get my tomatoes started. as I have ABSOLUTELY NO INTENTION OF TRAVELING THIS YEAR!!!! (hear me fates!?) (other than to my father's memorial) I am going to plant the big garden this year, almost a half acre

01-26-2011, 05:19 PM	#1423
phenomshel ZCD BombShel Posts: 4,793 Karma: 8293322 Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: The Frozen North (aka Illinois, USA) Device: iPad, STB Kindle Oasis	No gardening here yet. January in the Midwest is too early to even think about it. Everything's still buried under snow. Last frost date here is May 15... Like KK, I might start some things indoors, but it's even too early for that.

01-27-2011, 02:35 AM	#1424
GeoffC Chocolate Grasshopper ... Posts: 27,599 Karma: 20821184 Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Scotland Device: Muse HD , Cybook Gen3 , Pocketbook 302 (Black) , Nexus 10: wife has PW	January is the best time for thinking .... planning .....

01-27-2011, 03:52 AM	#1425
FlorenceArt High Priestess Posts: 5,761 Karma: 5042529 Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Montreuil sous bois, France Device: iPad Pro 9.7, iPhone 6 Plus	I'll start planning, and maybe sowing, when I get back from holiday in February...

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