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The little Bewick's Wren who made a nest on my front door shelf has had 4 chicks, and they must be the ugliest creatures in the entire world. Like naked bulgy-eyed dinosaur fetuses with giant gaping beaks like a barnacle.
She looks so proud of them though, it's adorable. She's putting in hours of work trying to glean enough insects to keep all the chicks fed, so does anyone know if it's possible to set up a worm feeder or something? She's pretty friendly with me, but not enough to feed her by hand.
If you can you could turn over a couple of spade's worth of garden soil each day, I imagine she'll find it fairly quickly if there's anything worthwhile in there and it's not much more work than filling up a feeder.
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Carnivorous birds are hard to feed -- I've tried dried mealworms and grub-infused suet, the ones in my neighbourhood turn up their noses.
On the plus side they seem to mostly do alright on their own; lots of bugs out there I guess. You can get refrigerated/dormant mealworms at bait shops which supposedly you can put in a tray and the birds will go for them once they warm up and start wriggling around -- I haven't tried it, but it would be my next step if there were a bird around that seemed to be in trouble.
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