· i went to refill the peanut feeder yesterday & noticed that the bag of peanuts was looking a little messy (lots of dust and breakage). House sparrows struggle to feed … · maggots do not eat again once they have dropped off the food source, which is usually meat of fish. I wondered if it is safe to use maggots … · i found a swarm of some kind if moth when i opened the sunflower seed bin in the basement today. The forums are dedicated to wild birds, birding, binoculars and … Mealworms on the other hand do need a constant supply of bran to feed on. On closer inspection the peanuts seemed to … · tragically, i had the same experience with my eastern bluebird nesting box last week. I cant seem to find anywhere that sells mealworm except by mail order. · can maggots be put out for the birds instead of mealworm. They can hatch within a day. · has anyone tried feeding maggots as live feed as apposed to meal/wax worms ?. they seem to be a lot cheaper than the worms but are they any good. i was thinking of offering … The parents have … Mealworms, though much more expensive than maggots, … We have seen these moths more and more in the basement the past two … · how recently had it flown into the window? The weather was wet and cold in the evenings and the babies perished. Bits of rice sounds like a good description of maggots == fly larvae. · welcome to birdforum, the internets largest birding community with thousands of members from all over the world. House sparrows dont like safflower - at my house some of them have developed a taste for them, even when other seed is available. · maggots are bred on offal and the like, meaning there is a real risk of passing on salmonella to the birds that eat them.
