Mealworm project can be used to attract song birds for photos.
Apr 11, 2018 11:19:51 #
Just an idea to toss around. For Hoggers, who like to photo song birds, there is a project I might recommend. Design a plastic container and raise your own culture of mealworms (larvae). I can give suggestions if requested. Several of my song birds gather each morning for their mealworms.
Apr 11, 2018 13:11:41 #
Apr 11, 2018 13:40:23 #
Jay Pat wrote:
You can buy them easily online, as much as pretty much any other bugs, buy them by the number or in pounds!I would like to know how to raise mealworms.
Pat
Pat
Apr 12, 2018 14:16:55 #
ToBoldlyGo
Loc: London U.K.
You can buy live mealworms, or freeze dried ones easily on amazon or eBay. Dried are a lot cheaper and can be soaked if wanted. I put a feeder full out every day, it's the first thing the birds finish.
Apr 12, 2018 18:34:10 #
Easy to raise. Get two plastic shoe boxes. Drill 6_8 small holes around top. Order 250 or so on line,shop,prices vary. Buy one lb box of oatmeal,half to each box. Divide mealworms in half. Divide one half into each box of oatmeal. Feed carrot,potato,sweet potato,etc.as extra. Small bits,watch for mold. Use other half to feed the birds. When colonies increase you can continue to divide till you will have more than you can imagine. Feed sparingly,high in chiten,can cause problems in pets, so I guess in wild birds too.
Apr 12, 2018 19:02:37 #
Apr 13, 2018 00:58:11 #
Apr 13, 2018 01:34:32 #
Barn Owl wrote:
Just an idea to toss around. For Hoggers, who like to photo song birds, there is a project I might recommend. Design a plastic container and raise your own culture of mealworms (larvae). I can give suggestions if requested. Several of my song birds gather each morning for their mealworms.
I believe I read someplace that birds may be baited with birdseed as well.
Apr 13, 2018 05:31:39 #
Winslowe wrote:
I believe I read someplace that birds may be baited with birdseed as well.
Wait! I thought birds hatched....
Apr 13, 2018 07:29:56 #
Winslowe wrote:
I believe I read someplace that birds may be baited with birdseed as well.
I have not found anything that attracts wildlife like black oil sunflower seed. Deer will step over corn to get to it. Any bird you care to name goes wild for it. Raccoons, foxes, even bears love the stuff. I stopped putting it out because it was drawing too much wildlife to my yard. Got attacked by a rabid fox while sitting on my patio.
Apr 13, 2018 07:30:52 #
LoneRangeFinder wrote:
Wait! I thought birds hatched....
Life is just full of surprises........
Apr 13, 2018 13:25:28 #
Apr 13, 2018 15:20:40 #
Take a picture of a squirrel,print it, put a red circle with a slash thru it over the squirrel. Put it out near the feeder.It won't work, but you will generate a lot of laughs.
Apr 13, 2018 15:26:25 #
Apr 13, 2018 15:28:24 #
Sorry,misspelling,chiten ,should have been chitin. It is an insects exoskeleton,nearly indigestible.
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