Comments on: save the whales…but kill this freaking bird! http://providencedailydose.com/2008/05/07/save-the-whalesbut-kill-this-freaking-bird/ News/Arts/Culture/Nightlife/Nonsense/Obscurities Sat, 06 Sep 2008 07:13:47 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.2 By: swampyankee http://providencedailydose.com/2008/05/07/save-the-whalesbut-kill-this-freaking-bird/#comment-5053 swampyankee Sat, 10 May 2008 00:48:22 +0000 http://providencedailydose.com/2008/05/07/save-the-whalesbut-kill-this-freaking-bird/#comment-5053 Nope. Leave the tree be. This is nesting season so both the male and female are eating for two. High quality protein is what they're craving right now. If you get some suet at Stop and Shop, you'll have to fashion a wire basket to hold the suet. Hang it in the tree as close to where he's pecking as possible. He'll find it. You'll have peace. Nope. Leave the tree be. This is nesting season so both the male and female are eating for two. High quality protein is what they’re craving right now.

If you get some suet at Stop and Shop, you’ll have to fashion a wire basket to hold the suet. Hang it in the tree as close to where he’s pecking as possible. He’ll find it. You’ll have peace.

]]> By: Beth Comery http://providencedailydose.com/2008/05/07/save-the-whalesbut-kill-this-freaking-bird/#comment-5021 Beth Comery Fri, 09 May 2008 14:08:33 +0000 http://providencedailydose.com/2008/05/07/save-the-whalesbut-kill-this-freaking-bird/#comment-5021 Soooo, I didn't have to chop down that tree? Actually he was back yesterday (but for a shorter time). Maybe I'll get me some suet. Soooo, I didn’t have to chop down that tree? Actually he was back yesterday (but for a shorter time). Maybe I’ll get me some suet.

]]> By: swampyankee http://providencedailydose.com/2008/05/07/save-the-whalesbut-kill-this-freaking-bird/#comment-4997 swampyankee Fri, 09 May 2008 00:54:07 +0000 http://providencedailydose.com/2008/05/07/save-the-whalesbut-kill-this-freaking-bird/#comment-4997 The solution is simple. Give that downy woodpecker something else to eat. Downies *love* suet--nice, soft, quiet--suet. Put some out and as soon as he (and your photo is of a male) finds it, he'll forget about the bugs in that tree. The butchers at Stop and Shop can set you up with some or anyplace that sells wild bird seed will have suet. For a buck's worth of cow fat, I have peace, quiet and I get to watch a really pretty bird. Forget about the bottle rocket; your neighbors will be plenty pissed. Don't ask me how I know this. The solution is simple. Give that downy woodpecker something else to eat. Downies *love* suet–nice, soft, quiet–suet. Put some out and as soon as he (and your photo is of a male) finds it, he’ll forget about the bugs in that tree. The butchers at Stop and Shop can set you up with some or anyplace that sells wild bird seed will have suet. For a buck’s worth of cow fat, I have peace, quiet and I get to watch a really pretty bird. Forget about the bottle rocket; your neighbors will be plenty pissed. Don’t ask me how I know this.

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