Birder Question
Feb 25, 2013 14:32:03 #
Hi
Being a newbee birder I would like to know the best colour to paint my bird feeders. So that the colour wont clash with the birds plumage when a photo is taken. TK's REJ.
Being a newbee birder I would like to know the best colour to paint my bird feeders. So that the colour wont clash with the birds plumage when a photo is taken. TK's REJ.
Feb 25, 2013 14:54:28 #
oldmalky
Loc: West Midlands,England.
any colour you choose will be on a bird, I would go for a brown.
Feb 25, 2013 15:02:16 #
I just leave mine natural wood.
REJ wrote:
Hi
Being a newbee birder I would like to know the best colour to paint my bird feeders. So that the colour wont clash with the birds plumage when a photo is taken. TK's REJ.
Being a newbee birder I would like to know the best colour to paint my bird feeders. So that the colour wont clash with the birds plumage when a photo is taken. TK's REJ.
Feb 26, 2013 06:26:33 #
Whatever finish you apply to a bird feeder, keep in mind that feeders MUST BE CLEANED on a regular basis to help prevent disease. Don't do anything to a feeder that would inhibit this process.
Feb 26, 2013 07:08:25 #
If you set up Driftwood/branches next to feeder, many birds will jump back and forth. More natural sitting on the branches
Feb 26, 2013 10:20:20 #
twitcher32
Loc: North Carolina/Costa Rica
The wind snapped the top our of a dead hemlock and deposited it in yard near the bird feeder, must to the delight of the birds who consider it a jungle gym set and a good place to line up for a turn at the feeder.
Feb 26, 2013 11:28:08 #
I found that a natural brown or gray worked well. Also, don't put the feeder near a glass window or door. I stopped feeding the birds on my patio because they kept hitting the sliding glass door no matter what kind of deflections I put on it.
Feb 27, 2013 19:15:41 #
Mar 1, 2013 07:30:57 #
Mar 19, 2013 14:55:55 #
REJ wrote:
Hi
Being a newbee birder I would like to know the best colour to paint my bird feeders. So that the colour wont clash with the birds plumage when a photo is taken. TK's REJ.
Being a newbee birder I would like to know the best colour to paint my bird feeders. So that the colour wont clash with the birds plumage when a photo is taken. TK's REJ.
If you are wanting to learn about photographing art, there is a great web/blog at http://www.birdsasart-blog.com/. There is a wealth of information out there.
Mar 19, 2013 14:56:56 #
KevinT wrote:
If you are wanting to learn about photographing art, there is a great web/blog at http://www.birdsasart-blog.com/. There is a wealth of information out there.
REJ wrote:
Hi
Being a newbee birder I would like to know the best colour to paint my bird feeders. So that the colour wont clash with the birds plumage when a photo is taken. TK's REJ.
Being a newbee birder I would like to know the best colour to paint my bird feeders. So that the colour wont clash with the birds plumage when a photo is taken. TK's REJ.
If you are wanting to learn about photographing art, there is a great web/blog at http://www.birdsasart-blog.com/. There is a wealth of information out there.
Sorry I meant...If you are wanting to learn about photographing birds (not art) then check out the site I sent.
Mar 19, 2013 15:47:12 #
KevinT wrote:
quote=KevinT quote=REJ Hi br Being a newbee ... (show quote)
Hi Thanks for the reply. I will check out that site but seeing how things are going here I need a great big book on " How to attract birds". I put out my feeders Dec, 26th. last year and I haven't seen a bird since. Believe it or not I can't even attract squirrels. Anyway TK's. REJ
Mar 19, 2013 19:10:50 #
twitcher32
Loc: North Carolina/Costa Rica
Strange the you seem not to be able to attract birds to your tfeeder - not even a house finch?. Try putting out a variety of seeds - sorghum, corn, sunflower, along with suet. I use sunflower seed and suet cake. The suet cake sometimes has seeds of various sorts in it, but after all this, there does not seem to be any magical combination. Perhaps it is your location - rural, suburban or describe.
Mar 19, 2013 23:21:39 #
twitcher32 wrote:
Strange the you seem not to be able to attract birds to your tfeeder - not even a house finch?. Try putting out a variety of seeds - sorghum, corn, sunflower, along with suet. I use sunflower seed and suet cake. The suet cake sometimes has seeds of various sorts in it, but after all this, there does not seem to be any magical combination. Perhaps it is your location - rural, suburban or describe.
Hi I live in a rural location not many large trees near the house, a few 10 or 20 ft. bushes and I forgot to add we still have a foot of snow on the ground. I don't know one bird from the other, oops I'm wrong I know what a sparrow looks like. I set these feeders out so I could try out my new Sigma lens before springtime. If I have no sightings before the spring melt I'll set up the feeders down near the bush line, there has to be birds down there. TK's again REJ.
Mar 20, 2013 09:33:12 #
twitcher32
Loc: North Carolina/Costa Rica
Here's another idea. The top of a tall hemlock behind and to the side of my house broke out in a high wind a ended up in the side yard, just short of my car (thank goodness) and about 6 feet from my feeders. Being lazy, I did not move the brush and the birds quickly took it over as a close place to wait for a turn at the feeder. The brush pile is loose and open and about a meter and a half in diameter. The birds like it and I have decided to leave it for them. If you try something similar, let me know how it works for you. You could even set up a hide nearby to take photos from. There are waterproof camouflage hides for sale and you can even put a in chair, take a thermos of coffee/tea and observe birds in comfort out of the cold wind.
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