I've done something similar Jo - I have a hanging table which has all the sides blocked by mesh and an opening on the side nearest the fence. The little birds all worked out how to get in and it foxed the starlings about 90% of the time
I must get round to something like this. I get pigeons who I'm thinking have lost all logic. They keep swinging from the pole feeders even though I specifically put a dish of the same contents on the ground for the pigeons. Sometimes, a few of them sit on the top of the birdpole and make several attempts to land on the feeders. It's all flapping wings, things falling and mess mess mess. I'm not uppity about the mess - I just can't understand why sometimes they sit there so long cricking their necks in all directions trying to figure out how to land on the feeders - when there is already a dish on the ground which would be easy peasy to eat from.
P.S. Can't believe I typed the words 'easy peasy' in previous post! I haven't said that since I was about 4. It's not only the pigeons who are a bit barmy!
They're a bit thick Jo - that's part of the problem
I find some of the shop bought ones a bit hopeless. I got one which had the perches badly sited and a lot of the food was too low for the little birds to reach. I had to put another base on it or else food just rotted. The cages are too small on some, so the starlings just hold on and shove their big greedy heads through.
It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
Hello , I have bird feeders under my Hawthorn tree so difficult for the Pigeons and collard doves but not the starlings but they are all only trying to get a feed so not bothered , however , squirrel is staring to be a nuisance by attacking nut feeder
the sparrow hawk attacks the pigeons and blackbirds , such is nature
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I must get round to something like this. I get pigeons who I'm thinking have lost all logic. They keep swinging from the pole feeders even though I specifically put a dish of the same contents on the ground for the pigeons. Sometimes, a few of them sit on the top of the birdpole and make several attempts to land on the feeders. It's all flapping wings, things falling and mess mess mess. I'm not uppity about the mess - I just can't understand why sometimes they sit there so long cricking their necks in all directions trying to figure out how to land on the feeders - when there is already a dish on the ground which would be easy peasy to eat from.
P.S. Can't believe I typed the words 'easy peasy' in previous post! I haven't said that since I was about 4. It's not only the pigeons who are a bit barmy!
They're a bit thick Jo - that's part of the problem
I find some of the shop bought ones a bit hopeless. I got one which had the perches badly sited and a lot of the food was too low for the little birds to reach. I had to put another base on it or else food just rotted. The cages are too small on some, so the starlings just hold on and shove their big greedy heads through.
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
Hello , I have bird feeders under my Hawthorn tree so difficult for the Pigeons and collard doves but not the starlings but they are all only trying to get a feed so not bothered , however , squirrel is staring to be a nuisance by attacking nut feeder
the sparrow hawk attacks the pigeons and blackbirds , such is nature