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Speaker 1 (00:05):
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Good morning. I am Run Wilson, your personal yard boy,
talking about yarning on this Thanksgiving weekend. And as we
start to look forwards, getting cold out there now winners
right around the corner. What do we gonna be doing
(00:48):
at this stage in the game to take care of
our wing to friends out there? Well, you know, if
you want to find out, we go to the person
knows more about birds then birds know about birds, as
we call her our wild winged wonder a matter of fact,
it's always interesting because she can just stand outside, make
that pose with her arms out to her sides, and
birds would just fall all flock all over land on her,
(01:10):
hang out, talk to her, have a good time, and
not once do they poop on this fine young lady.
If they did, we'll tell you how you can get
rid of it. Ladies and gentlemen. She is our wild
wig wonder from wild Birds Unlimited. Monica Brubaker, good.
Speaker 2 (01:26):
Morning, Thank you so much, thank you.
Speaker 3 (01:30):
You're so sweet.
Speaker 1 (01:31):
Did you have to it is? Did you have to
furkey for Thanksgiving? Is that a conflict of interest.
Speaker 3 (01:41):
I had?
Speaker 2 (01:43):
There you go, yeah, yeah, there you go.
Speaker 3 (01:47):
So that Thanksgiving? Was it wonderful?
Speaker 2 (01:50):
Uh?
Speaker 1 (01:50):
Yeah, oh yeah, hang out with the grandkids and uh
and the family and yeah that makes it good. So
how about yourself?
Speaker 3 (01:57):
Very good? Lots of family, lots of family.
Speaker 1 (02:00):
That's that's that's what counts a lot of birds too, I'll.
Speaker 2 (02:03):
Bet oh, yes, you know it. They're hitting the feeders
pretty hard. Well, not literally right now because it's a
little chili, but they will be.
Speaker 1 (02:13):
Is there a temperature where birds really don't like they
just kind of stop and hang out for a while
or are they active no matter what.
Speaker 2 (02:23):
Well, they can conserve energy by by doing that, by
you know, just holding out, but then they also have
to keep their energy resources up, so you know they're
going to have to move. But yeah, it's generally, you know,
as it's this cold, they're they're perching, you know, they're
roosting somewhere. It's always good to have brush piles, you know,
(02:44):
like with sticks and you know, your leaves, to enable
them to find these places where they can just hang
out until it is you know a little bit safer
for them to head out and do their search for food.
Speaker 1 (02:56):
So yeah, you know, it's I think it's interesting that
you know, we've really even pushing the plant for the pollinators,
the bees and all the pollinating insects and the butterflies.
But it just seems like the last couple of years
or so, I'm really starting to see a lot more
articles now research being done on planting for the birds.
Speaker 3 (03:18):
Exactly.
Speaker 2 (03:19):
Yes, I mean, you know, there's so many The reason
our birds are here during the winter is because the
resources are there through the plants and the nuts and
you know what little insects we might have out right now.
But there's a there is definitely key research that you know,
if you're planting for the birds, you're going to have
(03:42):
more activity in your yard. And you are the expert
on knowing what to plant. But it is certainly part
of the key. It's feeding birds.
Speaker 1 (03:54):
I'll tell you what evergreens you know, just I just
look at evergreens alone. You know, it's a place for
them to hide out. And I've always told you about this,
our Japanese us that we have that I planted forty
years ago that are now you know, they're twelve feet
high and wide.
Speaker 3 (04:09):
Huge.
Speaker 1 (04:09):
It's a bed and breakfast. I mean, these things are huge.
Speaker 3 (04:13):
It is. It provides a bit of everything.
Speaker 4 (04:15):
It is now.
Speaker 3 (04:15):
It's got the shelter.
Speaker 1 (04:16):
Yeah, it's got the branches from to hang out. It's
got the shelter. If you stand from the outside, you
can't see them on the inside. And they love it.
I mean there's and it's right on the edge of
the woods, so I've got the trees right behind it.
It's a it's a perfect transition coming into our our yard.
But planting more and more, and I have a lot
of folks that have been asking about like junipers this
(04:37):
year seem to have buried up quite a bit, and
you see a lot of juniper berries and birds. Of course,
there's many birds that enjoy the juniper berries, so you know,
using more of those dumb Yeah, not only for the evergreens,
but for the juniper berry as well. So so you'll
find a lot more out there. And again as you're now,
as you're doing your research, I think doing the plant
(04:59):
for the collinators, it's also a plant for the birds
as well in your.
Speaker 3 (05:03):
Landscape exactly, so hand in hand.
Speaker 1 (05:07):
So how how are birds handling the climate change that
we're having here right now? I mean in state this
has been warm and of course dry as to be,
but warm so late into the season. Does that mass
birds up that, especially the migrating birds, Well it can.
Speaker 2 (05:23):
I mean right now there's in the Cincinnati area there
are two rufous hummingbirds that are hanging out in you
know and still utilizing the I think it's for banion
that she's got that they come for that. She's obviously
still got feeders up and she's heating those feeders now
(05:44):
to keep the the nectar warm. But yeah, you see
this more and more where the birds are staying in
areas or you know, you think maybe they're just flying through,
but they're staying a little bit longer. So there are
lots of lots of shifts for sure.
Speaker 1 (05:59):
So when they get when they get exposed, like the
next week, got what three or four days here in
a row, it is going to be really cold. Does
that say, hey, you need to keep moving?
Speaker 2 (06:10):
Well, it will for some there are local migrators who
are going to you know, you may not see as
many robins, but then at the same time you may
be getting robins from up north that are coming, you know,
into our area.
Speaker 3 (06:24):
So there are shifts. So you want to be.
Speaker 2 (06:28):
Still, you know, providing a variety of food for those
variety of tastes.
Speaker 1 (06:34):
Talking with Monica Brubaker, she is our wild Winged Wonder
from wild Birds Unlimited. Your website happens.
Speaker 3 (06:40):
To be.
Speaker 2 (06:42):
WBU dot com, slash Westchester or Springboro.
Speaker 1 (06:45):
Are you guys getting pretty busy now that we're at
the Thanksgiving weekend, Christmas right around the corner.
Speaker 2 (06:51):
Yeah, right now, everything through Tuesday. Everything is twenty five
percent off in the store. We're having our fill a
bag and it's a Harry Poppins bag, so everything fits
in that bag. So yes, it is a great time
to get in there and to get stocked up for
you know, for the cold, but also thinking about Christmas gifts.
(07:13):
We have a great variety of great, unique, very unique
gifts that you can choose from at our source.
Speaker 1 (07:21):
And of course if folks come in, they have no
idea what they're looking for. As far as the birds,
the wonderful staff at wild Birds Unlimited an outstanding job.
How do you find how do you find so many
people that are so knowledgeable about the birds?
Speaker 2 (07:35):
You know, it's really about the passion I find people
who you know, I mean, And honestly, our customer base
is probably our best, our best resource, because if you're
passionate about the birds, you can learn about the product
and you can learn how to sell. But that passion
is something that I always look for.
Speaker 1 (07:57):
It's always a winner, always a winner. Monica Brubager with
us is swarming wild Birds Unlimited. Uh, you were talking
about the robins and then and moving through and of
course I always think of robins eating earthworms and things
like that, but they do like a little thing called
the bark butter bits.
Speaker 2 (08:13):
And what that's called butter bits?
Speaker 3 (08:17):
You bet you know that is?
Speaker 2 (08:18):
I mean, it is because it's a sewet, right, It's
a sewet that is made up into little and little balls.
So you can put them in your with your other food.
You can put them in almost any feeder and you
can throw them on the ground for the robins. And
we do have the hot pepper variety, so the squirrels
and raccoons will leave leave those alone and they can
(08:40):
feast and provide great protein.
Speaker 1 (08:43):
Well, speaking of which squirrels, that obviously is the main
issue when we put those bird feeders up. There are
there any true squirrel proof bird feeders?
Speaker 3 (08:55):
Yeah, there are, Yeah, we've got our. We've got a
couple at the stores.
Speaker 2 (09:00):
Our Eliminator bird feeder is weight based, and you know,
of course it's got.
Speaker 3 (09:04):
To be placed.
Speaker 2 (09:04):
Placement is key in keeping any squirrel off a feeder,
and it's even true for your squirrel proof feeders because
our little squirrels are so smart. But our staff can
help you know and talk to you about where things
need to be placed so that they can't get to them,
or that the squirrel proof. Our squirrel proof feeders are
(09:26):
weight based so that as soon as they get on
the perch, it's going to close. But you don't want
them to be able to hang on to a pole
and go over with one of their arms, because you
know you've seen them do it and steal out of
the feeder.
Speaker 3 (09:41):
So we've got options for you.
Speaker 1 (09:44):
And if if you see like fifteen of them hanging
on hands to hand stretching themselves out like a trapeez
artists across, you know you're in trouble.
Speaker 3 (09:52):
They do, don't they.
Speaker 1 (09:54):
I swear that they could probably do that. Figure that
out somehow.
Speaker 3 (09:56):
I know.
Speaker 1 (09:57):
Talking about Monica Brubaker wild Birds Unlimited again. The website
is WBU.
Speaker 2 (10:03):
Dot com flash Westchester or Springborough.
Speaker 1 (10:06):
And before we take a break, if by chance I
need to clean bird poop off my windowsill, off of the
bird feed or whatever, is there a product that really
does a nice job cleaning that off of there?
Speaker 3 (10:19):
Why? Ron there actually is?
Speaker 1 (10:21):
What would that be called called?
Speaker 3 (10:24):
It's called poop off.
Speaker 2 (10:25):
I was doing it on Wednesday before my people came
on Thursday. Yes, I was using it to clean off
my feeders and my bird baths. It's a great product,
it really is. And it's it's an enzyme. It's a
natural enzyme, so you know, with a good rinsing, it's
it's completely safe for birds. But it does get everything
(10:46):
you know, even your your kind of mildewing, moldy stuff off.
So it's a great product.
Speaker 3 (10:52):
I can't say enough about it.
Speaker 1 (10:54):
Poop off, say pop off. I love it. Talk talk
and fouling Here with Monica brue Bakery, wild Birds Unlimited.
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the garden with Ron Wilson talking foul with our wild
Winged Wonder from Wildbird's Unlimited Monica Brew Baker. And of course, uh,
you know we're going into getting to go into the
winter season now, some really cold weather starting to hit
us up here over the next four or five days.
(14:22):
So you know, concentrating now on the bird feed or
should we be changing our types of seed that we're
putting out there right now? Sootcakes become more important. Now what.
Speaker 2 (14:35):
Definitely you want the high fat, high protein, you know,
and your I mean peanuts, you know, in terms of
the bird food, peanuts are are the highest, one of
the highest and.
Speaker 3 (14:49):
It's always a good idea to put those out.
Speaker 2 (14:51):
But we have a winter blend in the store that
you can I like to mix winter blend with with
some black oil, some flour, you know, mix the boat
and put them out and you've got some flower chips.
Then you've got sun flour, pecans, peanuts, tree nuts, and
bark butter bits more, you know, for those winter birds
(15:16):
coming in. You know, putting out the meal worms, having
you know, the dried meal worms is Uh, a great idea.
I always have dried meal worms out year round. Our
white crowned or white throated sparrows are in. Let's see Junko's.
Speaker 3 (15:35):
Uh, you know they're in.
Speaker 2 (15:36):
So they liked the the black oil as well as
meal worms s they'll eat a huge variety of they'll
eat the peanuts as well. So just think, yeah, high fat,
high protein, and we've got many forms of that.
Speaker 3 (15:52):
The suet.
Speaker 2 (15:53):
You've got your sewet blocks, definitely. You know, we've got
sew it in the bark, butter form, We've got it
in cylinders, We've got it in the cakes. So there's
really so many ways you can get sued out there
to them too.
Speaker 1 (16:08):
So you have in the cylinders, yes, we do.
Speaker 2 (16:14):
You have swet cylinders because that's yeah. The cylinder feeder
makes life so easy, it does. Our cylinders, yeah, are
compacted seed.
Speaker 3 (16:28):
We've had these now for almost twenty years, I think.
Speaker 2 (16:30):
But they're they're great because the birds come in and
take what they want, so they're not spreading. They're not
out there you know, spreading everything, throwing everything around.
Speaker 3 (16:41):
They're just taking what they need so they last a
long time.
Speaker 2 (16:44):
You also get great views of your birds. I have
two cylinders in my fly through. You know, we do
have feeders specifically for the cylinders, but you can use them.
I love them and my fly through is because I
can put them out there and you know, they're good
for you know, well probably about a week, maybe even
(17:04):
more depending on activity, but it's they're great solutions. So yes,
you can put the suet cylinders. We have lots of
variety of that in the cylinder form as well.
Speaker 1 (17:16):
And the fly throughs at the Brubaker household is not
the same as the fly throughs at most other homes
because there's actually go through their entire house.
Speaker 2 (17:26):
Yeah, wouldn't that be wild? You know, it is my favorite.
It's like it's my foundational feeder.
Speaker 3 (17:32):
It is my main feeder.
Speaker 2 (17:33):
I've got it set up on a post with a
raccoon baffle, far enough away from the trees where you know,
the squirrels raccoons can't get to it, and it's I
can see it out my you know, my back, and
it's a wonderful feeder. I love fly throughs. It's it's
a rather large feeder, but it holds a lot with
(17:58):
the cylinders and works great. So yeah, definitely something to consider.
Speaker 1 (18:02):
Well, you know, when you're talking about bird feeders and
even the bird houses, do birds prefer those to be
solidly mounted so they don't move or does it really matter?
Speaker 2 (18:12):
You know, on the feeders that typically doesn't matter. I
mean they'll adjust to either. But with suet, I would
say hanging a suet cage. You know, like if you
just have a single suit cage, it's rather cumbersome for
a woodpecker who's going to be on those for sure
(18:33):
to get comfortable and feed off it. They certainly can.
But if you have it, you can have it either
mounts it on a tree, which I do. I use
simply see it. So my squirrels and raccoons are not
eating it.
Speaker 3 (18:46):
They don't.
Speaker 2 (18:48):
They prefer the contents of the other contents of suet,
not this is straight up sewet. Or you can get
the tail prop sewet feeder, which provides a prop for
their tail so they can come to blee eat.
Speaker 3 (19:01):
They'll be there longer.
Speaker 2 (19:03):
And you'll be providing a stable, you know, environment for
them to eat. So there's options there as well. A tail, yes, tail,
it literally looks like a paddle at the end of
a sewage cage. You know, it's just a paddle that
is provided because you always see when woodpecker's flying, you know,
(19:24):
onto tree trunks, they've always got their tail down right,
They're always.
Speaker 3 (19:28):
Propped up by the tail.
Speaker 2 (19:30):
So this just mimics that that set up and it
works great.
Speaker 1 (19:35):
If somebody was you know, we got thanks Christmas right
around the corner and somebody says, you know, I'd like
to get the grandkids or whatever started with bird feeding,
and you know I did that with you several years
ago with the cylinders. I thought, what a piece of cake?
Is that the best way for somebody to go when
you want to try to get those grand kids or
your kids it started.
Speaker 2 (19:55):
I mean, I think it is a great way. You know,
coming up on the winter, you know, you're considering how
often you're going.
Speaker 3 (20:01):
To want to be out feeding the birds.
Speaker 2 (20:05):
You know, that's an issue with this kind of cult.
So the cylinders, you know, are going to provide a
long period when you don't have to be outside and
you can enjoy the birds. If you want the experience
of filling them, then you know with the grandkids you
can do that as well.
Speaker 1 (20:22):
Or do you like Monica brew Baker and have one
of every different type that's always available at wild Birds Unlimited,
and they're all around their entire yard, probably thousands of
bird feeders. I don't know how you keep up with
all of them. Again, your website.
Speaker 2 (20:34):
WB dot com, slash Westchester or Springborough always a pleasure.
Speaker 1 (20:38):
Monicah Brew Baker, thank you.
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Good morning everybody, Welcome back. I'm Ron Wilson. You're in
the garden and if you'd like to join us, love
to have you our number seven four nine fifty five hundred,
or you can also hit pound five to fifty on
that at and T form. But either way you're gonna
wind up right in our studio as a kid would.
The Durango kid is in the house. That's Danny Gleasee.
And you'll take your call, get you lined up. We'll
do our best help answer those questions. Have a tip
you want to share, give us a buzz seven fifty
(00:28):
five hundred. Here's fifty five KRCD talk station, our toll
free number eight hundred eight two three eight two five five.
Good morning. I am Run Wilson, your personal yard boy,
talking about yarning on this Thanksgiving weekend. And as we
start to look forwards, getting cold out there now winners
right around the corner. What do we gonna be doing
(00:48):
at this stage in the game to take care of
our wing to friends out there? Well, you know, if
you want to find out, we go to the person
knows more about birds then birds know about birds, as
we call her our wild winged wonder a matter of fact,
it's always interesting because she can just stand outside, make
that pose with her arms out to her sides, and
birds would just fall all flock all over land on her,
(01:10):
hang out, talk to her, have a good time, and
not once do they poop on this fine young lady.
If they did, we'll tell you how you can get
rid of it. Ladies and gentlemen. She is our wild
wig wonder from wild Birds Unlimited. Monica Brubaker, good.
Speaker 2 (01:26):
Morning, Thank you so much, thank you.
Speaker 3 (01:30):
You're so sweet.
Speaker 1 (01:31):
Did you have to it is? Did you have to
furkey for Thanksgiving? Is that a conflict of interest.
Speaker 3 (01:41):
I had?
Speaker 2 (01:43):
There you go, yeah, yeah, there you go.
Speaker 3 (01:47):
So that Thanksgiving? Was it wonderful?
Speaker 2 (01:50):
Uh?
Speaker 1 (01:50):
Yeah, oh yeah, hang out with the grandkids and uh
and the family and yeah that makes it good. So
how about yourself?
Speaker 3 (01:57):
Very good? Lots of family, lots of family.
Speaker 1 (02:00):
That's that's that's what counts a lot of birds too, I'll.
Speaker 2 (02:03):
Bet oh, yes, you know it. They're hitting the feeders
pretty hard. Well, not literally right now because it's a
little chili, but they will be.
Speaker 1 (02:13):
Is there a temperature where birds really don't like they
just kind of stop and hang out for a while
or are they active no matter what.
Speaker 2 (02:23):
Well, they can conserve energy by by doing that, by
you know, just holding out, but then they also have
to keep their energy resources up, so you know they're
going to have to move. But yeah, it's generally, you know,
as it's this cold, they're they're perching, you know, they're
roosting somewhere. It's always good to have brush piles, you know,
(02:44):
like with sticks and you know, your leaves, to enable
them to find these places where they can just hang
out until it is you know a little bit safer
for them to head out and do their search for food.
Speaker 1 (02:56):
So yeah, you know, it's I think it's interesting that
you know, we've really even pushing the plant for the pollinators,
the bees and all the pollinating insects and the butterflies.
But it just seems like the last couple of years
or so, I'm really starting to see a lot more
articles now research being done on planting for the birds.
Speaker 3 (03:18):
Exactly.
Speaker 2 (03:19):
Yes, I mean, you know, there's so many The reason
our birds are here during the winter is because the
resources are there through the plants and the nuts and
you know what little insects we might have out right now.
But there's a there is definitely key research that you know,
if you're planting for the birds, you're going to have
(03:42):
more activity in your yard. And you are the expert
on knowing what to plant. But it is certainly part
of the key. It's feeding birds.
Speaker 1 (03:54):
I'll tell you what evergreens you know, just I just
look at evergreens alone. You know, it's a place for
them to hide out. And I've always told you about this,
our Japanese us that we have that I planted forty
years ago that are now you know, they're twelve feet
high and wide.
Speaker 3 (04:09):
Huge.
Speaker 1 (04:09):
It's a bed and breakfast. I mean, these things are huge.
Speaker 3 (04:13):
It is. It provides a bit of everything.
Speaker 4 (04:15):
It is now.
Speaker 3 (04:15):
It's got the shelter.
Speaker 1 (04:16):
Yeah, it's got the branches from to hang out. It's
got the shelter. If you stand from the outside, you
can't see them on the inside. And they love it.
I mean there's and it's right on the edge of
the woods, so I've got the trees right behind it.
It's a it's a perfect transition coming into our our yard.
But planting more and more, and I have a lot
of folks that have been asking about like junipers this
(04:37):
year seem to have buried up quite a bit, and
you see a lot of juniper berries and birds. Of course,
there's many birds that enjoy the juniper berries, so you know,
using more of those dumb Yeah, not only for the evergreens,
but for the juniper berry as well. So so you'll
find a lot more out there. And again as you're now,
as you're doing your research, I think doing the plant
(04:59):
for the collinators, it's also a plant for the birds
as well in your.
Speaker 3 (05:03):
Landscape exactly, so hand in hand.
Speaker 1 (05:07):
So how how are birds handling the climate change that
we're having here right now? I mean in state this
has been warm and of course dry as to be,
but warm so late into the season. Does that mass
birds up that, especially the migrating birds, Well it can.
Speaker 2 (05:23):
I mean right now there's in the Cincinnati area there
are two rufous hummingbirds that are hanging out in you
know and still utilizing the I think it's for banion
that she's got that they come for that. She's obviously
still got feeders up and she's heating those feeders now
(05:44):
to keep the the nectar warm. But yeah, you see
this more and more where the birds are staying in
areas or you know, you think maybe they're just flying through,
but they're staying a little bit longer. So there are
lots of lots of shifts for sure.
Speaker 1 (05:59):
So when they get when they get exposed, like the
next week, got what three or four days here in
a row, it is going to be really cold. Does
that say, hey, you need to keep moving?
Speaker 2 (06:10):
Well, it will for some there are local migrators who
are going to you know, you may not see as
many robins, but then at the same time you may
be getting robins from up north that are coming, you know,
into our area.
Speaker 3 (06:24):
So there are shifts. So you want to be.
Speaker 2 (06:28):
Still, you know, providing a variety of food for those
variety of tastes.
Speaker 1 (06:34):
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from wild Birds Unlimited. Your website happens.
Speaker 3 (06:40):
To be.
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Are you guys getting pretty busy now that we're at
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Speaker 2 (06:51):
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We have a great variety of great, unique, very unique
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And of course if folks come in, they have no
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the wonderful staff at wild Birds Unlimited an outstanding job.
How do you find how do you find so many
people that are so knowledgeable about the birds?
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You know, it's really about the passion I find people
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is probably our best, our best resource, because if you're
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Speaker 1 (07:57):
It's always a winner, always a winner. Monica Brubager with
us is swarming wild Birds Unlimited. Uh, you were talking
about the robins and then and moving through and of
course I always think of robins eating earthworms and things
like that, but they do like a little thing called
the bark butter bits.
Speaker 2 (08:13):
And what that's called butter bits?
Speaker 3 (08:17):
You bet you know that is?
Speaker 2 (08:18):
I mean, it is because it's a sewet, right, It's
a sewet that is made up into little and little balls.
So you can put them in your with your other food.
You can put them in almost any feeder and you
can throw them on the ground for the robins. And
we do have the hot pepper variety, so the squirrels
and raccoons will leave leave those alone and they can
(08:40):
feast and provide great protein.
Speaker 1 (08:43):
Well, speaking of which squirrels, that obviously is the main
issue when we put those bird feeders up. There are
there any true squirrel proof bird feeders?
Speaker 3 (08:55):
Yeah, there are, Yeah, we've got our. We've got a
couple at the stores.
Speaker 2 (09:00):
Our Eliminator bird feeder is weight based, and you know,
of course it's got.
Speaker 3 (09:04):
To be placed.
Speaker 2 (09:04):
Placement is key in keeping any squirrel off a feeder,
and it's even true for your squirrel proof feeders because
our little squirrels are so smart. But our staff can
help you know and talk to you about where things
need to be placed so that they can't get to them,
or that the squirrel proof. Our squirrel proof feeders are
(09:26):
weight based so that as soon as they get on
the perch, it's going to close. But you don't want
them to be able to hang on to a pole
and go over with one of their arms, because you
know you've seen them do it and steal out of
the feeder.
Speaker 3 (09:41):
So we've got options for you.
Speaker 1 (09:44):
And if if you see like fifteen of them hanging
on hands to hand stretching themselves out like a trapeez
artists across, you know you're in trouble.
Speaker 3 (09:52):
They do, don't they.
Speaker 1 (09:54):
I swear that they could probably do that. Figure that
out somehow.
Speaker 3 (09:56):
I know.
Speaker 1 (09:57):
Talking about Monica Brubaker wild Birds Unlimited again. The website
is WBU.
Speaker 2 (10:03):
Dot com flash Westchester or Springborough.
Speaker 1 (10:06):
And before we take a break, if by chance I
need to clean bird poop off my windowsill, off of the
bird feed or whatever, is there a product that really
does a nice job cleaning that off of there?
Speaker 3 (10:19):
Why? Ron there actually is?
Speaker 1 (10:21):
What would that be called called?
Speaker 3 (10:24):
It's called poop off.
Speaker 2 (10:25):
I was doing it on Wednesday before my people came
on Thursday. Yes, I was using it to clean off
my feeders and my bird baths. It's a great product,
it really is. And it's it's an enzyme. It's a
natural enzyme, so you know, with a good rinsing, it's
it's completely safe for birds. But it does get everything
(10:46):
you know, even your your kind of mildewing, moldy stuff off.
So it's a great product.
Speaker 3 (10:52):
I can't say enough about it.
Speaker 1 (10:54):
Poop off, say pop off. I love it. Talk talk
and fouling Here with Monica brue Bakery, wild Birds Unlimited.
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check them out Civicgardencenter dot org. Welcome back. You're in
the garden with Ron Wilson talking foul with our wild
Winged Wonder from Wildbird's Unlimited Monica Brew Baker. And of course, uh,
you know we're going into getting to go into the
winter season now, some really cold weather starting to hit
us up here over the next four or five days.
(14:22):
So you know, concentrating now on the bird feed or
should we be changing our types of seed that we're
putting out there right now? Sootcakes become more important. Now what.
Speaker 2 (14:35):
Definitely you want the high fat, high protein, you know,
and your I mean peanuts, you know, in terms of
the bird food, peanuts are are the highest, one of
the highest and.
Speaker 3 (14:49):
It's always a good idea to put those out.
Speaker 2 (14:51):
But we have a winter blend in the store that
you can I like to mix winter blend with with
some black oil, some flour, you know, mix the boat
and put them out and you've got some flower chips.
Then you've got sun flour, pecans, peanuts, tree nuts, and
bark butter bits more, you know, for those winter birds
(15:16):
coming in. You know, putting out the meal worms, having
you know, the dried meal worms is Uh, a great idea.
I always have dried meal worms out year round. Our
white crowned or white throated sparrows are in. Let's see Junko's.
Speaker 3 (15:35):
Uh, you know they're in.
Speaker 2 (15:36):
So they liked the the black oil as well as
meal worms s they'll eat a huge variety of they'll
eat the peanuts as well. So just think, yeah, high fat,
high protein, and we've got many forms of that.
Speaker 3 (15:52):
The suet.
Speaker 2 (15:53):
You've got your sewet blocks, definitely. You know, we've got
sew it in the bark, butter form, We've got it
in cylinders, We've got it in the cakes. So there's
really so many ways you can get sued out there
to them too.
Speaker 1 (16:08):
So you have in the cylinders, yes, we do.
Speaker 2 (16:14):
You have swet cylinders because that's yeah. The cylinder feeder
makes life so easy, it does. Our cylinders, yeah, are
compacted seed.
Speaker 3 (16:28):
We've had these now for almost twenty years, I think.
Speaker 2 (16:30):
But they're they're great because the birds come in and
take what they want, so they're not spreading. They're not
out there you know, spreading everything, throwing everything around.
Speaker 3 (16:41):
They're just taking what they need so they last a
long time.
Speaker 2 (16:44):
You also get great views of your birds. I have
two cylinders in my fly through. You know, we do
have feeders specifically for the cylinders, but you can use them.
I love them and my fly through is because I
can put them out there and you know, they're good
for you know, well probably about a week, maybe even
(17:04):
more depending on activity, but it's they're great solutions. So yes,
you can put the suet cylinders. We have lots of
variety of that in the cylinder form as well.
Speaker 1 (17:16):
And the fly throughs at the Brubaker household is not
the same as the fly throughs at most other homes
because there's actually go through their entire house.
Speaker 2 (17:26):
Yeah, wouldn't that be wild? You know, it is my favorite.
It's like it's my foundational feeder.
Speaker 3 (17:32):
It is my main feeder.
Speaker 2 (17:33):
I've got it set up on a post with a
raccoon baffle, far enough away from the trees where you know,
the squirrels raccoons can't get to it, and it's I
can see it out my you know, my back, and
it's a wonderful feeder. I love fly throughs. It's it's
a rather large feeder, but it holds a lot with
(17:58):
the cylinders and works great. So yeah, definitely something to consider.
Speaker 1 (18:02):
Well, you know, when you're talking about bird feeders and
even the bird houses, do birds prefer those to be
solidly mounted so they don't move or does it really matter?
Speaker 2 (18:12):
You know, on the feeders that typically doesn't matter. I
mean they'll adjust to either. But with suet, I would
say hanging a suet cage. You know, like if you
just have a single suit cage, it's rather cumbersome for
a woodpecker who's going to be on those for sure
(18:33):
to get comfortable and feed off it. They certainly can.
But if you have it, you can have it either
mounts it on a tree, which I do. I use
simply see it. So my squirrels and raccoons are not
eating it.
Speaker 3 (18:46):
They don't.
Speaker 2 (18:48):
They prefer the contents of the other contents of suet,
not this is straight up sewet. Or you can get
the tail prop sewet feeder, which provides a prop for
their tail so they can come to blee eat.
Speaker 3 (19:01):
They'll be there longer.
Speaker 2 (19:03):
And you'll be providing a stable, you know, environment for
them to eat. So there's options there as well. A tail, yes, tail,
it literally looks like a paddle at the end of
a sewage cage. You know, it's just a paddle that
is provided because you always see when woodpecker's flying, you know,
(19:24):
onto tree trunks, they've always got their tail down right,
They're always.
Speaker 3 (19:28):
Propped up by the tail.
Speaker 2 (19:30):
So this just mimics that that set up and it
works great.
Speaker 1 (19:35):
If somebody was you know, we got thanks Christmas right
around the corner and somebody says, you know, I'd like
to get the grandkids or whatever started with bird feeding,
and you know I did that with you several years
ago with the cylinders. I thought, what a piece of cake?
Is that the best way for somebody to go when
you want to try to get those grand kids or
your kids it started.
Speaker 2 (19:55):
I mean, I think it is a great way. You know,
coming up on the winter, you know, you're considering how
often you're going.
Speaker 3 (20:01):
To want to be out feeding the birds.
Speaker 2 (20:05):
You know, that's an issue with this kind of cult.
So the cylinders, you know, are going to provide a
long period when you don't have to be outside and
you can enjoy the birds. If you want the experience
of filling them, then you know with the grandkids you
can do that as well.
Speaker 1 (20:22):
Or do you like Monica brew Baker and have one
of every different type that's always available at wild Birds Unlimited,
and they're all around their entire yard, probably thousands of
bird feeders. I don't know how you keep up with
all of them. Again, your website.
Speaker 2 (20:34):
WB dot com, slash Westchester or Springborough always a pleasure.
Speaker 1 (20:38):
Monicah Brew Baker, thank you.
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