Comments on: Why did the birds quit coming to my bird feeder? It used to attract everything in the woods but nothing now? http://www.best-bird-feeders.net/why-did-the-birds-quit-coming-to-my-bird-feeder-it-used-to-attract-everything-in-the-woods-but-nothing-now/28/ Your Questions, Our Answers Thu, 17 May 2012 11:23:16 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2.1 By: eskie lover http://www.best-bird-feeders.net/why-did-the-birds-quit-coming-to-my-bird-feeder-it-used-to-attract-everything-in-the-woods-but-nothing-now/28/#comment-65 eskie lover Mon, 05 Nov 2007 12:48:06 +0000 http://www.best-bird-feeders.net/why-did-the-birds-quit-coming-to-my-bird-feeder-it-used-to-attract-everything-in-the-woods-but-nothing-now/28/#comment-65 You are lucky it is only squirrels feeding off the bird seed, we have mutant rats crawling up ours! I suggest you clean the feeder and the baffle because squirrels leave a scent that detracts some bird species (rats do, too). Water alone won't do the job, but whatever cleaner you use must be non-toxic and rinse away residue because the birds will get it on their feet. That being said, we don't really have a lot of birds at our feeders when it is raining. I honestly thought that the zoologist at the Wild Animal Park was out of his mind when he told me about the scents left by rodents on the feeders. But, since they have a huge aviary comprised of several exotic bird species, I thought I'd give it a try. Now, I clean it every time I fill it, just in case. You are lucky it is only squirrels feeding off the bird seed, we have mutant rats crawling up ours! I suggest you clean the feeder and the baffle because squirrels leave a scent that detracts some bird species (rats do, too). Water alone won’t do the job, but whatever cleaner you use must be non-toxic and rinse away residue because the birds will get it on their feet. That being said, we don’t really have a lot of birds at our feeders when it is raining.

I honestly thought that the zoologist at the Wild Animal Park was out of his mind when he told me about the scents left by rodents on the feeders. But, since they have a huge aviary comprised of several exotic bird species, I thought I’d give it a try. Now, I clean it every time I fill it, just in case.

]]> By: hiddenhotty http://www.best-bird-feeders.net/why-did-the-birds-quit-coming-to-my-bird-feeder-it-used-to-attract-everything-in-the-woods-but-nothing-now/28/#comment-64 hiddenhotty Fri, 02 Nov 2007 11:16:00 +0000 http://www.best-bird-feeders.net/why-did-the-birds-quit-coming-to-my-bird-feeder-it-used-to-attract-everything-in-the-woods-but-nothing-now/28/#comment-64 For the right height for the right height for the birds you keep moving it around incidentally it is at the right height for the right height for the birds you keep moving it is at the right height for the birds. For the right height for the right height for the birds you have other features to attract the birds you want to. For the right height for the right height for the birds you keep moving it around incidentally it is at the right height for the right height for the birds you keep moving it is at the right height for the birds.
For the right height for the right height for the birds you have other features to attract the birds you want to.

]]> By: lilsuzzie http://www.best-bird-feeders.net/why-did-the-birds-quit-coming-to-my-bird-feeder-it-used-to-attract-everything-in-the-woods-but-nothing-now/28/#comment-63 lilsuzzie Tue, 30 Oct 2007 08:55:09 +0000 http://www.best-bird-feeders.net/why-did-the-birds-quit-coming-to-my-bird-feeder-it-used-to-attract-everything-in-the-woods-but-nothing-now/28/#comment-63 ya gotta keep food in your feeder! ya gotta keep food in your feeder!

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