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Old 08-25-2025, 05:19 PM   #35
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Red face Bird Feeders Bear Mentioning

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Originally Posted by tis View Post
Fish and Game continuously says not to keep bird feeders out in the summer but people don't listen. Not only does it draw bear but it teaches the birds to be dependent.
Bird feeders should also be hung so that "incoming birds" cannot be targeted by Hawks. I lost a bushy tree nearby recently and it wasn't long before a speedy Northern Harrier crushed a Tufted Titmouse to the ground.

This season, having seen Northern Harriers whizzing past, I've kept my bird feeder empty.

It's only been 3 years since I gently bumped "Baby" on Forest Road, only a few hundred feet from North Main Street in Wolfeboro.

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