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I used to think a bird feeder was just a bird feeder, but a neighbor in Phoenix set me straight
She saw my single tube feeder and said it was basically a fast food joint for aggressive birds like house sparrows, scaring off the smaller ones. I switched to a platform feeder with a roof and put it under my mesquite tree, and now I get way more variety, like verdins and curved-bill thrashers. Anyone else find that changing the feeder type totally changed their backyard crowd?
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mila_campbell256mo ago
Honestly, that neighbor sounds like the bird mafia boss of Phoenix. Tbh, my old feeder was basically a dive bar for the local pigeon thugs.
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the_lee6mo ago
Hey mila_campbell25, did your pigeons ever try to collect a seed tax?
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ray1366mo ago
Hold on, that neighbor gave you bad advice. A tube feeder is fine. The aggressive birds were there first, that's just nature. You switched and now you're just catering to a different crowd, not a better one. You're basically kicking out the regulars because some picky new customers showed up. Let the sparrows eat, they gotta live too.
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