We bought 44 acres approximately 7 1/2 years ago. My husband is a wood worker and we have a 2 and 1/2 acre garden fenced-in and we have bird houses on every Pole. Right near our house is the first box and for the last 3 years we've had bluebirds nesting. We watch diligently 4 the most dangerous to the bluebird the English sparrow. We will literally sit outside with our BB guns or pellet guns and shoot the English sparrows. We have two drst traps located in our garden to catch these birds. They killed a brood of babies and in the far-off box killed the mother and the babies when I discovered this I learned a lot more and now I have bluebirds nesting all over my property I love them and I feed them everyday year round and they have been here through the winter. I have a vast variety of birds that stop here on their migration or they stay here. I've had everything from pheasant turkeys ducks gear sugar gliders and the list goes on. I love sitting by my French doors watching The birds. The funny thing is if my feeder is empty in the morning and they know I'm awake they are very voicetress. They have common mixed seed, black oil sunflower, suet and niger seed and occasional other things like Millet. I love making my own suet to. You can add raisins peanuts berries anyting and they love it.
We bought 44 acres approximately 7 1/2 years ago. My husband is a wood worker and we have a 2 and 1/2 acre garden fenced-in and we have bird houses on every Pole. Right near our house is the first box and for the last 3 years we've had bluebirds nesting. We watch diligently 4 the most dangerous to the bluebird the English sparrow. We will literally sit outside with our BB guns or pellet guns and shoot the English sparrows. We have two drst traps located in our garden to catch these birds. They killed a brood of babies and in the far-off box killed the mother and the babies when I discovered this I learned a lot more and now I have bluebirds nesting all over my property I love them and I feed them everyday year round and they have been here through the winter. I have a vast variety of birds that stop here on their migration or they stay here. I've had everything from pheasant turkeys ducks gear sugar gliders and the list goes on. I love sitting by my French doors watching The birds. The funny thing is if my feeder is empty in the morning and they know I'm awake they are very voicetress. They have common mixed seed, black oil sunflower, suet and niger seed and occasional other things like Millet. I love making my own suet to. You can add raisins peanuts berries anyting and they love it.