Hi
Robins, blackbirds, 4 tits and woodies all do very well from our feeding....while the crows and magpies look on!
I know they get a bad press but I like them just the same - do they benefit from feeding like everyone else and if so, what should we put out for them?
Thanks
As Robbo says, indirectly you are.
But that is nature, nature does a similar thing, and its all part of the balance of life, keeping numbers where they should be.
Nature can be harsh at times, its not all sweetness.
We have a year round family of Magpies and I know they eat young and small birds BUT ours do a lot to safe guard them too. I always know when a cat is within 100 meters of our garden as I can hear Maggies ( original name I know lol) alarm calls, they also as pair harasses and chase off cats who imho are a bigger risk to song birds than Corvids, they will actually pull the cats tails and dive bomb them . Anyway as to feeding my male Magpie Maggie comes for food when called. I feed him on an old garden table and feed them meal worms live and dried, dead locusts ( we have reptiles and Tarantulas) dog food ( we feed our dogs raw so minced meat, bone and offal) and cheese he loves cheese. Beware though when I have a lie it, he comes round to the front of the house and shouts at the bedroom window lol