Bird Table News

Every morning I get a blackbird on my birdtable eating the grated cheese, apple and bird food I put out.

This blackbird must wait and watch the birdtable because it appears straight after i’ve put the food out.

This is the reason I enjoy feeding birds - when I see  birds pecking round.

Blackbirds and thrushes used to be able to get into my meshed ground feeder. 

Because larger birds were taking over this feeder I had to close the mesh so only smaller birds like wrens, sparrows, blue tits could enter.  

When I left the mesh wide enough for thrushes and blackbirds  large birds were poking their beaks in, managing to get in and taking over.  I’ve had rooks, crows, pigeons, doves, a waterhen and even a farm hen. 

I’ve also had problems with rooks, crows, pigeons getting onto the bird table.  All this was annoying me.

I think I’ve have solved the problem for now.  I put wire mesh and baler twine string round the birdtable

I’m glad I went to the trouble of ‘fencing off’ my bird table so that large birds can’t get at the food because the blackbirds seem to be benefiting

Maybe I should patent the idea and sell it!!

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