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From: hastings@jpl-devvax.jpl.nasa.gov (Sheri Hastings)
Newsgroups: rec.birds
Subject: Bird feeding Station
Message-ID: <1991Apr15.225115.3695@jpl-devvax.jpl.nasa.gov>
Date: 15 Apr 91 22:51:15 GMT
Reply-To: hastings@jpl-devvax.JPL.NASA.GOV (Sheri Hastings)
Organization: Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, CA
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 Can anybody out there tell me the best things to include in a 
bird feeding station and how to get the birds to notice that you
have prepared a feast for them?

I'm new to all this but I would really like to start attracting birds to
my yard. I have two cats -- can I feed birds safely? 

Also, what is the best field guide for So. Calif (coast).  How do you use
a field guide. Do you just keep flipping through it until you recognize 
the bird you are trying to identify or is there some system? 

I posted this once before (I think) but didn't get any answers. maybe 
this time I'll have more luck.

Thanks in advance for any suggestions
   
-- Sheri

PS We already have some horned owls nesting (I think) in some big
canary pines. Can anyone tell me anything about these birds?