Bird Table News

I feel a little sad. My carefree bird feeding days are certainly gone. I’ll have to put all the food in a caged bird table or caged containers.
One of the things about bird feeding that I like is watching the birds flit freely onto and off the birdtables and swoop onto the bird feeders - [...]

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Am looking for a replacement birdtable and have been sent these photos.  What a great bird table! 
John said ” The main thing is the roof is supported at all four corners and the table is
supported in the middle and on all four sides.”

John also said - “made a few alterations - changed some of the [...]

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Wil it ever stop raining?
With weather like this the owls won’t be having a very good time.  Owls can’t hunt very well if their feathers get wet - so they go hungry.
This cold, wet weather’s bad for a variety of garden birds as well.
Keeping feeders clean and dry in wet weather is a challenge.
I’ve just [...]

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BARREL SEED FEEDER FOR GARDEN BIRDS
This hanging bird feeder is -

12 inches tall

Holds about 600 g of seed

hangs freely from branches or a hook

This robust bird feeder has a

large central food holder

frame that deters squirrels and larger birds and so lets garden birds slip through the bars to feed.

It is functional

It has strong metal bars, [...]

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I’ve had problems with my birdtables recently.
I’ve had some really good advice about how to make one bird table out of two old ones and put some really good wood stainer on.  I can’t do it.  I don’t have time or the ability.  I’ve put the stand of one the broken birdtables in the garden shed and will try [...]

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I put this window feeder up for two reasons -
1. To see if I could bring birds right up to my window and get really close up photos of birds.
2. To see how people without gardens can feed birds.
There must be a lot of people without gardens who are interested in birds and I wondered [...]

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