Hello Dixiedoodle,
Welcome to The Gardenhelper's Forum!!!

Another New Yorker!!!!

Got a couple of questions for you,
#1. Where they baby birds???
#2. Has it been windy there lately???

Could be windy and the baby birds get blown or
swayed out of the nests.???
We've had that happen here alot!!!
I always hate to see that!But it does happen???

Weezie

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Weezie

Don't forget to be kind to strangers. For some who have
done this have entertained angels without realizing it.
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As far as I know, the likelyhood of the miracle grow harming the birds is slim, you would have to contaminate thier source of water, then I don't know, may make em BIGGER I get lots of dead birdies around here every spring, may be the farmers planting near by, could be the 50 to 90 mph. winds we have in the spring! Usually bird deaths are caused by the pretty, but BAD blue Jay, who hatches their brood early enough in the spring that they can join the parents in Attacking baby birds.

Cindy, they are just ONERY birds, I have never been able to keep a cardinal around here because of them, I told Laura this when she first came here, now, we have a cardinal, I sure hope it is TOUGH enough to out last them Jays. Whiskey, interesting, how did you name it?

I swear Cindy, you been peekin in my tape case haven't you? never even thought of the song! Ok, Kentucky,,, who wrote the song..Paradise??

No Not Meatloaf...Plain old Paradise, c'mon done by a Kentucky Native...

When you refer to "tape case", uh...
..is it 8-tracks???

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Buckle up! It makes it harder for the aliens to suck you out of your car!

I know there are a grillion songs with the word Paradise in the title...but I can only think of a couple actually called Paradise and one that most people just call Paradise even though it has a longer name...but I don't know that any of the artists are from Kentucky...hummmm this is a stumper....John Denver, Vanessa Carlton, Sade...and that aforementioned song "Down & Out in Paradise" by John Mellencamp...well ya got me on this one...

Anyway... thanks for the advice on the birds. To expound on the subject - they aren't babies. These are full blown fatty birds. I have found two in two days and they aren't of the same species. My man thing says its just nature. It just seems a little too odd to be nature. My cat is a Maine Coon and notoriuos for bringing home "gifts", but I don't think he did these guys in. First, el gato has just gotten too old to really hunt any more and second, it simply didn't look like his handy work. I'm stumped on this as well...sheesh.

Just to share - I have the most beautiful pair of Cardinals! A male and female. I so love seeing them hanging out in my backyard. Lately I have noticed a blue jay poking about. He's only come around a few times. I wonder if my cardinals are pulling the tough guy act back on him and keeping him at bay...I can just see the little red man carrying a violin case whistling the tune of Da Godfadder...heh heh.

Thanks for all your help!
Tootles!

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Yay, Cindy, Ya got it...But remember; Your flag decals won't get Ya into Heaven anymore!!
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Sorry about your birds, I've used Miracle Grow in the past and haven't seen a dead bird around here yet. I have my feeder on one side of the house and the garden on the other, most of them stay away from the veggies. I have a LOT of bluejays, doves, a pair of cardinals, some kind of blackbirds, some brown and white birds, wrens, an occasional hummingbird, a few woodpeckers, a gang of squirrels, and a few turtles that all share the food with a minimum of fuss. Oh yeah, sometimes a coon will come out in the morning and check out the food. I usually feed them at 7:30pm. Started with one, now there are 9 that I counted at once. They come out of the woods when I call, some are braver than others. But they are my favorites and my whole house has things with coons on them. I've seen a possum once and a red fox too---we live only a couple of blocks off the beach in the city. Never saw this many critters all the years we lived in the country.

Gayle