Post by rowanberry on Jan 19, 2017 19:22:58 GMT
We've been having quite cold temps in the south-east, (down to minus -0 for the past few nights) and I noticed that whenever it goes down to that the goldfinches are not around as much and the suet balls aren't going down as quickly.
I've started bringing in those two feeders at night so that they don't freeze, and it does seems to make a difference. This morning the sparrows, blue and great tits were on the suet balls from the moment I put them back out, and the goldfinches were enthusiastically feeding as well.
Trying to peck at rock-hard suet balls can't be very appealing! so I'm going to continue to bring the feeders in when it's like this- plus the nyjer seed feeder is bad to get condensation inside it when it's damp, so that gives it a chance to dry out, too.
I've started bringing in those two feeders at night so that they don't freeze, and it does seems to make a difference. This morning the sparrows, blue and great tits were on the suet balls from the moment I put them back out, and the goldfinches were enthusiastically feeding as well.
Trying to peck at rock-hard suet balls can't be very appealing! so I'm going to continue to bring the feeders in when it's like this- plus the nyjer seed feeder is bad to get condensation inside it when it's damp, so that gives it a chance to dry out, too.
