Originally Posted By: MaryCas

M-Pete....ten feeders eek you must really draw a crowd, that can get expensive.


I've never had ducks or turkeys!

It's not that expensive - through the summer I only have up a couple of hummingbird feeders and a couple of hanging birdbaths. In the winter the latter two are filled with peanuts or some other rough material, then there's two suet feeders, and two small and two bigger ones that get filled with seed. I get a good number of doves/pigeons that sweep the ground clean, too!

As to the summer, I have eleven small old fruit trees that still kick out a bit of fruit. The birds and squirrels get ALL of that! They seem to plan ahead which day they're going going to swoop in and clean a tree out. They can literally strip a peach of everything edible while leaving the stone hanging on the tree. I have some pears that arrive later in the season - the squirrels fatten up on them, and barely move when I come out of the house. All in all, it's a better then even exchange -- I get the blossoms in the spring and the animals year round.


"All of these men were good listeners; patient men."