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Silver Gaia

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5. I am that crazy old lady who talks to the birds
Thu Feb 27, 2025, 01:58 PM
Feb 2025

in our neighborhood! I can't help it. LOL The scrub jays and crows will cock their heads and look at me sometimes like, "Are you talking to me?" Love that.

I swear my hummingbirds complain when their feeders get low like I'm their waitress. Ha!

I just read that we need to be using a bleach solution to clean their feeders twice weekly because of bird flu, 9 parts water to 1 part bleach (I think that works out to about 1.75 cups bleach to 1 gal. water), and wear gloves while doing it. This goes for any other kind of bird feeder, too, as well as birdbaths.

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