Peanuts for the Birds
By CarolDM
@CarolDM (203422)
Nashville, Tennessee
November 5, 2021 3:39pm CST
And so it begins again. Time to start feeding the birds for the winter. I have seen many blue jays and doves in the bird bath recently.
Time to get out the peanuts. I have ordered sunflower seeds as well.
If you feed the birds in the winter, you have a better chance of them returning in the spring to raise families.
They always return to where the food, water and shelter are. Hopefully that will be my backyard.
This feeder is mounted sort of out and away from the deck a little. This will hopefully cut back on some of the mess they make. We will see how it works out.
Photo is mine.
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@snowy22315 (182415)
• United States
5 Nov 21
I doubt that would work for me. The squirrels would feast until their bellies burst. The birds would be lucky to get some shells 
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@snowy22315 (182415)
• United States
5 Nov 21
@CarolDM Ha, wait until they come. You will be spending big bucks on squirrel proof feeders.
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@CarolDM (203422)
• Nashville, Tennessee
5 Nov 21
@snowy22315 Have been here many years with no squirrels.
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@ptrikha_2 (47106)
• India
6 Nov 21
Looks like the birds would have a great time there.
If you were to start something similar here, people would come and start eating the Peanuts as they find them very very tasty.
Yet I am sure that you would be capturing birds' picture for a long time in the coming days.
Great share !
Yet I am sure that you would be capturing birds' picture for a long time in the coming days.
Great share !
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@ptrikha_2 (47106)
• India
7 Nov 21
@CarolDM
Yes - a great place for them.
However, here, pigeons come uninvited and cause a lot of mess. And that is surely not enjoyable.
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@ptrikha_2 (47106)
• India
7 Nov 21
@CarolDM
Yes and by the way, some of them have flown over my head means that they are now not that much afraid of human beings it seems !!
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@DaddyEvil (137784)
• United States
5 Nov 21
I didn't realize any birds would eat peanuts. We used to scatter birdfeed and watch the birds through the kitchen window but then the neighbors got a cat... We quit putting anything out to attract animals. The cat kills them and we aren't happy seeing that.
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@DaddyEvil (137784)
• United States
6 Nov 21
@CarolDM That one Blue Jay was really aggressive... Where do they hide the ones they carry off?
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@CarolDM (203422)
• Nashville, Tennessee
6 Nov 21
@DaddyEvil They can be aggressive. They usually go to trees. They will open the peanut with their beaks and eat the peanut without the shell of course. And they will hide peanuts if they can't eat them all.
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@CarolDM (203422)
• Nashville, Tennessee
6 Nov 21
Yes, there are tons of wild birds that love peanuts. I don't put birdseed or anything that attracts sparrows. They will kill the bluebirds and their babies in the spring. I try to keep them away if possible.
Check out this video.
https://teespring.com/stores/wild-bird-house - Support the channel with our Happiness is Watching the Birds Merchandise!Some Blue Jays eating in-shell peanut...
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@RebeccasFarm (90529)
• Arvada, Colorado
6 Nov 21
That is a great feeder idea Carol.
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@LindaOHio (182136)
• United States
6 Nov 21
You're lucky you don't have any squirrels. The birds can feast in peace.
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@LindaOHio (182136)
• United States
7 Nov 21
@CarolDM We have a ton of acorns. Plus the Pomeranians used to eat them and then get "sick".
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@CarolDM (203422)
• Nashville, Tennessee
7 Nov 21
@LindaOHio Oh my, that is not good.
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@DocAndersen (54402)
• United States
6 Nov 21
if you were closer to St Louis, I would say they are peanuts for the Cardinal Fans!
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@CarolDM (203422)
• Nashville, Tennessee
6 Nov 21
@DocAndersen I saw a cardinal yesterday at the bird bath.
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@DocAndersen (54402)
• United States
6 Nov 21
@CarolDM i won't be mean and say so are Cardinal fans :-)
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@cmoneyspinner (9219)
• Austin, Texas
6 Nov 21
I used to throw out our bread crumbs to feed the birds. There was a park in downtown Miami that had a lot of squirrels. I used to go there and feed them peanuts. I did not know you could feed birds peanuts.
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@MarshaMusselman (38865)
• Midland, Michigan
6 Nov 21
Interesting looking feeder. I hope the mess is less for your yard.
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@MarshaMusselman (38865)
• Midland, Michigan
7 Nov 21
@CarolDM that will be better yet.
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@Dena91 (16699)
• United States
6 Nov 21
I like that feeder. I wonder if I could make something like that from things that we have around here.
The squirrels we have would like it too. I give them a little something along with our feathered friends.
I looked out a few minutes ago and there were birds enjoying the freshly filled feeders. I love watching them. 
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@NJChicaa (120211)
• United States
5 Nov 21
I used to give my parrot peanuts in-shell but then I read that the shells often have mold on them that can kill them. I stopped with the peanuts then and just stuck to the unshelled nut blends that you can get during the holiday season. I would stock up on bags after Christmas and freeze them to use throughout the year. My ekkie could get into almonds. The BG macaw got the walnuts and Brazil nuts. I don't remember if the ekkie could get into the hazelnuts. The African Grey didn't do unshelled nuts.
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@oahuwriter (26777)
• United States
7 Nov 21
Winter will bring interesting views of birds then, how nice!
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