Wow, thanks for the responses.
Lynne...that cartoon is EXACTLY what I was thinking was going to happen.
Last year I got it by a scrub jay that flew over head...just caught the top edge of my hair and then splat on the ground in front of me....ewwwwe...jumped in the shower realllll fast.
I have morning doves, finches (reg.color and the red ones, orioles once in awhile, hummingbirds (lots of them), scrub jays and mockingbirds which scare off the little birds once in awhile, and those darn ravens who scare off everything. There are a few I don't know what they are....dark black head and wings with a little white along the wings but the body is a real pretty rust color...then there are others that look like sparrows but much bigger and with lonnnng tail feathers....and of course the sparrows.
I need a site that has pictures of different birds for the North County San Diego area.
Yeah, I think I need to stick to the thistle from what you all are saying....After this mixture is gone (don't have much left since they are pigs right now) I will stick with the thistle.
The only good thing about the liquid amber balls is when they are bursting open with the seeds and those little finches are a riot to watch hanging upside down....just like Corgi was talking about. The red finches are a little smarter than the other birds...they will actually sit on the thin branch pick up the ball from the stem with their beak and pull it up to them holding it with one foot and peck away at the ball for the seeds.
I only have 2 of the 5 cats that are indoor/outdoor. The black and white one(Pico) like my sign. button...he is sooo fat that he couldn't catch a bird if he tried. The mockingbirds did a head trip on him one time when we first moved in.... they would squawk reallll loud and kept dive bombing his back and rear~end while up in that area so he stays away from the feeder.LOL Pookie....she likes to sit and stalk from a distance but with sooo many of them at one time she is scared to go over there. Pookie is more of a gopher/mouser....she will sit by a hole for hours just waiting. The feeder is in a more open area and when one bird see a cat anywhere around they all head for the oleander shrubs right behind it. Now you see the birds, now you don't.LOL.....so not to worry about my cats getting one. The neighbors male comes over once in awhile but my cats usually run it off.
I have skunks, raccoons, and coyotes but no squirrels or rabbits....I live by the end of a ravene (sp?) and so the coyotes favor this area quite a bit. We have a lot of owls....I hear the great horned owl and see him flying at night and we also have some screech owls ....I hear them screeching at night but have never seen one as of yet. Red Tailed Hawks like to soar this area and there are larger trees behind that they like to hang out in....probably getting the mice, gophers, birds, robbing bird nests etc. from the Orange grove behind me.
Geesh, here I go with my book again. LOL
Catlover
P.S. Lynne, I am still in pain...they ran the CT scan of my abdomen and everything was normal...now I have an appt. set for a HIDA scan to check the gallbladder. Hopefully they will come up with something soon...enough is enough already.