bird feeders

Squirrel,

Thank for the link to such an interesting article.  I am yet another with a variety of feeders a silver metal peanut one, a wooden seed one and a black metal suet ball feeder at the front of the house and two blue ones (one peanuts, one seed), a yellow one with niger seeds which I only added this winter due to the bad weather and a silver metal one with mealworm mixture at the back and I'm always surprised at which ones which birds choose to visit.  However, I never knew birds could see colour like that though I believe that a variety makes for an interesting mix of birds as well!  (eg. the sparrows seem to love the seed in the wooden one, the tits [great & blue] have now taken to the niger seed in the yellow as well as the peanuts in the blue and the woodpeckers love  the suet balls in the black metal one). 

Ken, I'm sure they will get used to your feeder soon and happy watching. 

Susan H said:

They sell blue cleaning cloths in my supermarket - should I get you some????!!!!

Hi Sparrow :-)

I've abandoned the yellow cloth idea. It became covered in black seed husks and was too much of a hassle to clean, so I will pass on the blue cloths, but thanks for thinking of me. :-)

Some starlings have found the wooden feeder, others still prefer the suet feeder or land on the pole and throw a few sunflower drops onto the ground before flying off. I'm not putting any more suet pellets in the coconut because they all land on the ground as soon as the starlings start squabbling on it.

I still have a fat wood pigeon that lands on the wobbly pole, but every time it comes in to land when I'm watching I stand up and he/she has to abort landing and take off again. I think it will get either bored or scared eventually.

Susan H said:

My new robin feeder has been up for 3 days with some mealworms, prosecto and a few seeds - just a small amount of each until I know if it will get used. Today I got a blue tit in it. So far the starlings have ignored it, but I did catch one having a look at it.

Is the top quite open to leave a large gap? I think it depends on how much space there is to fly into

Best wishes Chris

thanks everyone for your responce to my question. Its good that it brought so varied a responce from all. Yes Squirrel,I shall keep trying' But,there will come a point where i shall have to think about getting a paint job done on it. Hope you all had a good turn out for the Birdwatch.