I always have our local crow families at or below my feeders, since I purposely scatter seeds on ground, too, & especially under sheltering bushes. A lot of birds prefer feeding on ground or deck floor, probably cause it is more natural to them. Of course this means I feed a lot of squirrels too!
Donna Scott Lansing Sent from my iPhone On Jan 21, 2019, at 9:51 AM, Jae Sullivan <blueheron...@yahoo.com<mailto:blueheron...@yahoo.com>> wrote: I have been having the same experience.......downtown feeders on the street, usually populated with House Sparrows and not much else ........ the birds are HUGE............Blue Jays, Starlings, a Robin, fighting for seed. Delightful to watch. Jae On Monday, January 21, 2019, 9:40:53 AM EST, Rachel Lodder <rachel.lod...@outlook.com<mailto:rachel.lod...@outlook.com>> wrote: Crows (4 to 12 at a time, who knows if they are the same birds, with more in the trees) have ascended upon my bird feeders, eating spilled seed on the ground. I've never had crows as a feeder bird before, although we have many around our grain farm. Pretty impressive; they look huge next to the other birds! They're very flighty, and easily spooked. I guess now we know it's cold! -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: Welcome and Basics<http://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME> Rules and Information<http://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES> Subscribe, Configuration and Leave<http://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm> Archives: The Mail Archive<http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html> Surfbirds<http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds> BirdingOnThe.Net<http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html> Please submit your observations to eBird<http://ebird.org/content/ebird/>! -- -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: Welcome and Basics<http://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME> Rules and Information<http://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES> Subscribe, Configuration and Leave<http://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm> Archives: The Mail Archive<http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html> Surfbirds<http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds> BirdingOnThe.Net<http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html> Please submit your observations to eBird<http://ebird.org/content/ebird/>! -- -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
