I have four bird feeders out , I try and keep feed out all the time but the doves eat a lot of feed , I keep the Euro doves in check to feed my box turtles , But the white wings and morning and Inca doves swarm the feeders, And yes they always get a pass, I feed early AM sunrise, 2PM and 8 PM
I go trough about 100lbs of feed a month and I have shot one staring on my feeder in four years, There around but I guess do not like my chicken scratch and wild bird mix,
When I get down to really shooting I take 10 to 20 sparrows a day, I used to take 75 sparrow's a day easy.
oh, What time, If the feed is out, they are there, sun up to sun down,
And cost it cost me about 30 dollars a month at Tractor supply for the feed,
Mike