I tried the butter cookies. So far Illinois birds are “meh” about them. They get eaten up eventually, but they aren’t as popular as the peanuts. Here’s a grackle this afternoon eating peanuts while, just below, butter cookies sit in a tray.
Fabulous shots, Kengi. On the cookies, it takes time for things like that to become popular, because they aren’t familiar. That said, I’m pretty sure peanuts will *always* win. Today, I put muffin out too, and all my birds are muffin happy. Lemon poppyseed is the prevailing fave.
Kengisays
Yeah. Everything seems to like peanuts. Thankfully a nearby feed store sells 50 lb bags of reject peanuts for a reasonable price.
Thankfully a nearby feed store sells 50 lb bags of reject peanuts for a reasonable price.
I wish we could get a deal like that. The last 50 lb bag of peanuts we bought was on sale for 80 dollars. It’s just too much on top of the massive bags of sunseeds and mixed seed.
Kengisays
Wow. The reject peanuts (no shells) recently went up to $41 here and I was lamenting the days (just a couple of years ago) when they were $32. The price usually comes back down at the end of summer, and I’ll try to stock up a bit. If it wasn’t for the feed store and their cheap prices, we couldn’t afford to feed the wildlife. I forget what the mixed seed and sunflower seeds cost, but their cracked corn was less than $7 for a 50 lb bag when I picked some up last week.
We do spend more on peanuts than I should, but everyone sure does love them. And the birds and animals provide far more hours of entertainment than cable TV does at a fraction of the cost. I’ll get rid of cable before I stop feeding the critters.
Ice Swimmersays
I guess it makes sense to use wings, not just legs to jump, less strain to the feet.
Ice Swimmersays
The first picture looks like some sort of dance move.
I’m guessing an old TV set may not cost much, but getting satellite or cable channels wouldn’t exactly cost peanuts.
Not peanuts is one way to put it. We’re serious rural, so we can’t get cable, it’s satellite or nothing. We have television sets, and disc players. The cost of an antenna which would allow us to get public broadcast is very expensive, and other things are more important. When we had Sat TV, we couldn’t get public channels, and it constantly went out, hardly worth the hundred something a month.
Ice Swimmersays
Caine @ 12
Ah yes, a roof antenna costs an arm and a leg. Back when my family lived in a suburban detached house (I’ve lived 90 % of my life in apartment blocks) we got away with cheap antennas on top of TV sets because the TV broadcasting mast was close enough (the aircraft warning lamps were directly visible from the window). I don’t even have a TV set now; no room for it and I’ve got plenty to do without one.
It caused me to start a playlist of Rocky Horror songs which is currently on the Joan Jett punk version of Science Fiction Double Feature (which I just adore).
Love the second action shot!
Hee. They are always entertaining!
Those action shots are great. Since you like grackles, here’s one I saw this afternoon:
https://www.flickr.com/photos/kengi2000/26749558964/
I tried the butter cookies. So far Illinois birds are “meh” about them. They get eaten up eventually, but they aren’t as popular as the peanuts. Here’s a grackle this afternoon eating peanuts while, just below, butter cookies sit in a tray.
https://www.flickr.com/photos/kengi2000/27358115615/
In fact, the dried meal worms seem to go before the cookies. I’ll see if they become more popular over the coming days.
Fabulous shots, Kengi. On the cookies, it takes time for things like that to become popular, because they aren’t familiar. That said, I’m pretty sure peanuts will *always* win. Today, I put muffin out too, and all my birds are muffin happy. Lemon poppyseed is the prevailing fave.
Yeah. Everything seems to like peanuts. Thankfully a nearby feed store sells 50 lb bags of reject peanuts for a reasonable price.
Kengi:
I wish we could get a deal like that. The last 50 lb bag of peanuts we bought was on sale for 80 dollars. It’s just too much on top of the massive bags of sunseeds and mixed seed.
Wow. The reject peanuts (no shells) recently went up to $41 here and I was lamenting the days (just a couple of years ago) when they were $32. The price usually comes back down at the end of summer, and I’ll try to stock up a bit. If it wasn’t for the feed store and their cheap prices, we couldn’t afford to feed the wildlife. I forget what the mixed seed and sunflower seeds cost, but their cracked corn was less than $7 for a 50 lb bag when I picked some up last week.
We do spend more on peanuts than I should, but everyone sure does love them. And the birds and animals provide far more hours of entertainment than cable TV does at a fraction of the cost. I’ll get rid of cable before I stop feeding the critters.
I guess it makes sense to use wings, not just legs to jump, less strain to the feet.
The first picture looks like some sort of dance move.
Kengi:
! We can’t get that for less that $20.00 at our feed store.
Yep. Sometimes Rick makes a noise about getting TV again, but compared to dinosaur watching, it’s a waste of money.
Ice Swimmer:
If I had wings, I’d definitely use them to jump.
Time Warp! :D
Caine @ 10
I’m guessing an old TV set may not cost much, but getting satellite or cable channels wouldn’t exactly cost peanuts.
Ice Swimmer:
Not peanuts is one way to put it. We’re serious rural, so we can’t get cable, it’s satellite or nothing. We have television sets, and disc players. The cost of an antenna which would allow us to get public broadcast is very expensive, and other things are more important. When we had Sat TV, we couldn’t get public channels, and it constantly went out, hardly worth the hundred something a month.
Caine @ 12
Ah yes, a roof antenna costs an arm and a leg. Back when my family lived in a suburban detached house (I’ve lived 90 % of my life in apartment blocks) we got away with cheap antennas on top of TV sets because the TV broadcasting mast was close enough (the aircraft warning lamps were directly visible from the window). I don’t even have a TV set now; no room for it and I’ve got plenty to do without one.
Beautiful bird(s) — the coloring is so vivid!
Also, am I the only one with that song stuck in my head, now?
WMDKitty:
Of course not! :D
Had to share the earworm, eh? ;)
It caused me to start a playlist of Rocky Horror songs which is currently on the Joan Jett punk version of Science Fiction Double Feature (which I just adore).
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Whhh0WyaIBg
Hard to say which song will now be in my head most of the night…
But what I really want to know, does a grackle cackle?
Lofty:
No, they caw!
Haha, ‘cawckle’. :D
The rat inside either has a really big itch which needs scratching, or is auditing for a part in The Amazing Maurice and his Educated Rodents.