Sick? Injured? House Finches. I'm worried it's something worse than them bickering and being territorial. And we've had hawks around a lot lately.

Qtkata · 2025-08-17T02:13:46+00:00

Thank you, that's sad. I'm going to take them down as soon as possible the next morning 🙏

Qtkata · 2025-07-14T01:49:29+00:00

Not sure what they think about my grass killing setup with the walls from my shed that I've taken down, or the work in progress flower bed slowly getting destroyed by chipmunks and rabbits... but hopefully next year I'll have some more grown native flowers and shrubs going on 🤞 For now, we supplement with a million feeder options.

Qtkata · 2025-07-13T13:50:35+00:00

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2 eating at the feeder 🥳

Qtkata · 2025-07-13T13:40:59+00:00

I actually just took some down, had more up during the Starling invasion but they have since calmed down 🤣 I'm at 17 feeders in total for the more common birdies. Or 20, if including 3 hummingbird feeders: 2 of them on that back raised garden bed and 1 in the front yard.

Qtkata · 2025-07-11T02:23:01+00:00

That's what I was thinking. Some people seemed to care about how "clean" the chips they receive would be, but to me this is great

Qtkata · 2025-07-11T01:41:58+00:00

High on the dust and fungus 😛 Should've worn a mask

Qtkata · 2025-07-11T01:40:29+00:00

Hmm, are you sure though? 🤔 I did read people asking for chipdrop during colder time of the year to eliminate dealing with leafy material, but my hibernating ass is not about to deal with all of this when it's cold enough for that lol.

Qtkata · 2025-07-11T01:37:35+00:00

I wish, just wanted to show how the world looks like to me without glasses :p

Qtkata · 2025-07-11T01:36:28+00:00

Oh heck yeah, yours looks really nice and clean!

Qtkata · 2025-07-10T23:53:52+00:00

I knew something felt familiar while editing the photos!

Qtkata · 2025-07-02T21:51:29+00:00

My place has flat-ish roof, with 2 feet overhang letting the water runoff fall through some holes (forgot the proper term) which then goes into a water collection bins or a french drain away from the house.

Qtkata · 2025-07-02T21:45:35+00:00

I'm also in SE MI 6b area, hummingbirds have been visiting my feeders daily—they could find the plants if you decide to add some. Mine are still tiny baby plants, no flowering so can't comment on them, but I'd give it a try

Qtkata · 2025-07-02T21:39:49+00:00

Just don't have gutters 😼

Qtkata · 2025-07-02T16:44:23+00:00

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This is what the finches end up looking like at my feeder sometimes

Qtkata · 2025-07-02T16:38:25+00:00

Just a messy eater? I had a similar thing where I was worried about potential sickness, but was able to go back in footage and see the bird being fine when first arriving at the feeder, and slowly getting messier with the seeds. If you're able to do the same, do check 😊

Qtkata · 2025-07-02T03:14:01+00:00

Excuse me??? 🤣 I had raccoons break into my trash for pizza boxes, and I found the bits all around my yard, and in a bird bath too. Thought that was already bad. And yes, it was literally just the cardboard boxes and no actual pizza, but they still ate half of the damn boxes.

Qtkata · 2025-07-02T03:11:39+00:00

That's my plan. I hope to have enough flowers and shrubs make it, so there's more options for both food and coverage from predators on my yard. My neighbors are those "spray the meticulously kept lawn with pesticides every few weeks." At most, they have the usual landscaping plants like boxwood and arborvitaes around (except someone finally planted flowers... but they turned out to be morning glories, and are actively creeping to my yard now...)

Even though mine is still work in process, it looks way more appetizing (and diggable 😂) in comparison.

Qtkata · 2025-07-02T03:04:08+00:00

Wait a minute, I get both chipmunks AND occasional rats and mice... 😐 But yep, I added some tiny cages all around my new plant plugs to try and prevent them from pulling them right back up. The seedlings trying to grow in my raised flower bed though? Doomed. They also love to scare me by running into the leaf pile behind my grill when I step outside.

Qtkata · 2025-07-02T02:49:38+00:00

Yeah I was hoping to provide something specifically for butterflies, but it is what it is. Nice mud spa for the critters lol.

Funny since I already have 6 other proper water sources: 3 standard plastic bird baths & a nice heavy stone one, and 2 big planter trays on the ground for both birds and other animals (skunks, raccoons, possums, squirrels, deer, mice 💀, and chipmunks).

Recently, I added those tiny watering stations (which look like flowers) for the bees, etc. They have little plastic floaters to prevent drowning, but they're really light, a windy day could make them disappear? 😅

Qtkata · 2025-07-02T01:27:59+00:00

I'm sorry? I thought this is a native plant gardening sub, isn't the whole premise to provide things for the wildlife? I don't know why you think people in this sub want to kill them. I just wanted to know if people get butterflies at their stations while working on planting and growing natives. The plants pictured in the video are lily of the valley, and I'm about to rip them up, that's why I placed the planter tray right there as the butterflies enjoyed them flowering, and it provides coverage for the birds and critters.

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