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Donkees

(32,437 posts)
Fri Oct 21, 2022, 06:55 PM Oct 2022

Hand-feeding Birds in Slow Mo - Black-capped Chickadees, Tufted Titmouse



Oct 12, 2022

Black-capped Chickadees and a Tufted Titmouse stop by for foodstuffs. The first Chickadee gets bumped off the Hand of Snacks but comes back at the end - sunflower seed still in his/her beak - to load up on seeds.

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Hand-feeding Birds in Slow Mo - Black-capped Chickadees, Tufted Titmouse (Original Post) Donkees Oct 2022 OP
I'm gonna try this. OAITW r.2.0 Oct 2022 #1
Good Luck :) Donkees Oct 2022 #2
Cost nothing, brings priceless experience. OAITW r.2.0 Oct 2022 #3
This photographer has a page explaining how she setup the feeding area .... Donkees Oct 2022 #4
Fascinating....I am so docile on the back deck that all the folks feeding don't seem to care. OAITW r.2.0 Oct 2022 #5

OAITW r.2.0

(28,620 posts)
1. I'm gonna try this.
Fri Oct 21, 2022, 07:01 PM
Oct 2022

I sit out on my back deck, almost every nice night. Chicks come visit on the table when there are crumbs there. If I held out some sweet seed and nuts, I bet some of them would take a chance. Maybe even the red squirrels. Had one make a detour up my leg tonight, but quickly realized that was not the best play.

On edit: Chick-a-dee's are the most inquisitive birds in the woods. They will follow you as you walk = quarter mile at times...same bird. No doubt that I could have one land in my hand, gonna try it, next deck night.

Donkees

(32,437 posts)
4. This photographer has a page explaining how she setup the feeding area ....
Fri Oct 21, 2022, 07:35 PM
Oct 2022

How to Hand Feed Birds

https://jocelynandersonphotographyshop.com/pages/how-to-hand-feed-birds

It's a very special feeling to have a wild bird eat out of your hand. I go to a park with friendly birds, but many people have been able to get their backyard birds hand feeding. I have collected some tips on how to do this, which I'd like to share with you below.


The Prop Setup

Set up a mannequin or use PVC pipe to build a human shape in a chair using your clothes. One day swap out places with the mannequin, clothes and all.



OAITW r.2.0

(28,620 posts)
5. Fascinating....I am so docile on the back deck that all the folks feeding don't seem to care.
Fri Oct 21, 2022, 07:42 PM
Oct 2022

Listen to music, move around, they don't care.....as long as the feeders are full.

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