Why did the birds quit coming to my bird feeder? It used to attract everything in the woods but nothing now?
Sunday, October 28th, 2007Abby asked:
I had the birdfeeder in a tree at first but had to take it down because of squirrels - turkeys, etc. Everything jumped from my porch into the feeder. I then hung the feeder in another tree. I put a homemade baffle on it (a large plastic planter with a hole drilled in the middle). The “baffle” came to the middle of the feeder and larger birds (Northern Cardinals) couldn’t get to the seed. I saw everything in the feeder including squirrels. I changed the baffle so I can see the birds better and to let the larger birds in and to maybe prevent the squirrels from getting in. I have not seen one bird since. It has been rainy for a few days - could that be it? Or is it the new baffle?
Ramon
I had the birdfeeder in a tree at first but had to take it down because of squirrels - turkeys, etc. Everything jumped from my porch into the feeder. I then hung the feeder in another tree. I put a homemade baffle on it (a large plastic planter with a hole drilled in the middle). The “baffle” came to the middle of the feeder and larger birds (Northern Cardinals) couldn’t get to the seed. I saw everything in the feeder including squirrels. I changed the baffle so I can see the birds better and to let the larger birds in and to maybe prevent the squirrels from getting in. I have not seen one bird since. It has been rainy for a few days - could that be it? Or is it the new baffle?
Ramon
