On Sat, 16 Feb 2013 09:24:29 -0800, Cindy Fuller
> wrote:

>In article >,
> Brooklyn1 > wrote:
>
>>
>> Yours is the only yard on the planet where birds won't eat corn... I
>> feed birds a blend of 50/50 corn and mixed seed (I buy corn in 50lb
>> sacks), all gets scoffed up as fast as I put it out... I go through
>> some 200 pounds a month. I sometimes buy popping corn in five pound
>> bags, put into a smaller litter pan it's an easy method for collecting
>> cat urine specimens. After collecting the cat urine I rinse the corn
>> and toss it in the yard for the critters, all gets eaten. Birds love
>> popping corn.
>
>We had discriminating birds in both Greensboro and Seattle. Not only did
>they turn their beaks up at cracked corn, they'd eschew the safflower
>and millet as well. In our new digs in the 'burbs, bird feeding (except
>for hummingbirds) is discouraged to avoid a vermin overpopulation
>problem. We don't see many songbirds or squirrels here, courtesy of the
>eagles and other raptors in the neighborhood. We do have lots of ducks,
>cormorants, and Canada geese, since the condo overlooks a river.
>Yesterday there were over 30 geese on the strip of land between the
>condo and the river. (No wonder the grass is so green...)

With raptors about I doubt you'd have a vermin problem. There are
lots or rapters here but they don't bother small birds, they feed on
small rodents, reptiles, and fish... your being close to a river I'm
sure the raptors take fish.