I have a bird feed stake that holds 4 birdfeeders. I have been lucky enough to attract a lot of birds to my yard, however, if I fill them in the morning, I can get up the next morning and the birds have eaten through-out the night and have kicked all the birdseed out onto the ground and the feeders are empty. I must have a 3 inch pile of birdseed on the ground. Is there any ideas out there that can tell me how to catch and reuse this birdseed without raking it up and throwing it away?? The seeds drop into my flower bed and I have a ton of sunflowers growing, which I don't want. I have gotten so mad, I have finally stopped feeding the birds. I can't believe I am the only one that has their birdseed kicked out onto the ground. Any ideas would be helpful.
2007-07-03 08:01:33 · 6 answers · asked by Grandma of 2 5 in Home & Garden ➔ Other - Home & Garden
They do the same thing to my feeder...at times I just sweep it up with a broom and dust pan or I rake it...and us it again...
they are sooooo wasteful...
edit: I also just remembered, last year I just used a cordless vac. to get it...it was great and I just pored it back in the feeders.
2007-07-03 09:21:20 · answer #1 · answered by Kerilyn 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I moved my feeder away from the flower bed and out into the lawn, that way if grass sprouts from the fallen seeds, it'll just get mowed down. I also wait a few days after the feeder gets empty to refill it. The birds catch on and go to the ground to clean up what's been spilled.
I'd reconsider the sunflowers! Let them grow, they are beautiful and attract a ton of birds. I have them in pots on my back deck and it's a blast to watch the birds come eat from them.
2007-07-03 08:50:55 · answer #2 · answered by real_kiss_fan 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I would think eventually they will eat it off the ground. But that depends if you have animals that may scare them away from that. I would stop filling the feeder and let them eat it off the ground.
For the flower bed and the extra seeds that fall, move the bird feeder ?
2007-07-03 08:09:57 · answer #3 · answered by krennao 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I would suggest vacuuming it up (clean vac/new bag) and then throw down plastic, rug or artificial turf under each feeder to catch the fallen seeds for easy future clean up and collection.
Hope this helps. Good Luck!
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2016-10-03 12:14:32 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
vacuum it up with a shop vac
2007-07-03 08:11:02 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋