Birds eating seed in bare spots

eqttrdr · Sep 15, 2020

Overseeded cool season mixed mutt of lawn with GCI Cool Blue after an app of Tenacity to (hopefully and eventually) kill off all the fine fescue and best grasses.

Trying to get more KBG/TTTF into the lawn.

Been 14 days and most of it started coming in with the TTTF germinating.

Freakin birds ate most of my seeds in the bare areas (even though was covered with light peatmoss/compost)

GCI is sold out of pretty much all seeds so can't get a new bag.

Trying to figure out what to do next to once again, attack all the huge bare spots.

-Would you go with a different seed blend (TTTF/KBG) available from someone else and throw down more seed?

-Go with a big box store cool season mix (since lawn is already a mutt) ?

-Or just redo everything in the spring (this time taking care to ward off birds)

-Maybe dormant seed some KBG blend in the winter so birds won't eat it instead?

Frustrated..lol

badtlc · Sep 15, 2020

what kind of birds?

SNOWBOB11 · Sep 15, 2020

The birds ate all the seeds?

moedank · Sep 15, 2020

For the birds in the future, get a plastic owl with a rotating head and/or rubber snakes from Dollar Tree for a buck each. Make sure to move them every day or two so the birds don't realize they're fake.

mobiledynamics · Sep 15, 2020

Creatures of habit as well....they will be back in the same spot the following day, etc IMO. Eliminate the food source and they will go away in-time

How big are the bare patches..

samzone7a · Sep 15, 2020

I have brids stopping by 5pm every day and take 2 hrs to eat whatever they can.

Now I start the sprinker for 30 seconds every 5 mins and that has kept the birds away.

BrainBailey · Sep 15, 2020

samzone7a said:
I have brids stopping by 5pm every day and take 2 hrs to eat whatever they can.

Now I start the sprinker for 30 seconds every 5 mins and that has kept the birds away.

With COVID, I've been staring out my window while working, and have been using the sprinkler tactic as well. Maybe just an old fashioned scarecrow? That was going to be my next move.

badtlc · Sep 15, 2020

What kind of birds are eating everyone's seeds? I have birds landing in my seeded areas but they are typically Robins who are eating worms and not seeds.

RCUK · Sep 15, 2020

I used horticultural fleece for the first 7 days to cover seed, keeps the birds off and seed moist. Also had bamboo sticks around the lawns and metal pegs in the ground. Didn't have bird issues, neighbors did though 😂

eqttrdr · Sep 15, 2020

badtlc said:
what kind of birds?

endless Turkey families... endless

Birds eating seed in bare spots

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