Thankfully no parakeets here in my part of South Wales, plenty of song birds, at the feeders, and on the paved area below the feeders, all cleaned up each evening.
I have a feeder with an extra cage round it to protect from the squirrels & large birds. They just hang off the side and bash at it so seed falls out to the ground. I have a sprung loaded version but a local magpie learned to hover at the port without it's weight closing it, very clever but annoying. I too seem to be seeing Jays all of a sudden at home & on Allotments.
What really annoyed me about the parakeets was the way they just hung upside down and effortlessly ate the lot. I don't begrudge the magpies a few seeds as they put so much effort into get what little they managed.I I had trouble with pigeons hurling themselves at the feeder to knock the seeds out but I moved it and they stopped.
I'm going to need some more bird seed soon. Ive seen some really cheap stuff but it seems to have, what looks like, a load of porridge in it. Do the birds eat it? Has it any nutritional value or is it just a filler?
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He is a total gem and always has been. Lang may his lum reek
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
I had trouble with pigeons hurling themselves at the feeder to knock the seeds out but I moved it and they stopped.
No squirrel problems here and it's placed clear of cover for cats and in view of our kitchen window and table. Great fun.
Do the birds eat it? Has it any nutritional value or is it just a filler?