Birdfeeder Extravaganza | Wild About the British Isles (WABI)

rowanberry
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Birdfeeder Extravaganza Sept 16, 2016 9:08:54 GMT kentyeti likes this

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Post by rowanberry on Sept 16, 2016 9:08:54 GMT

I've been looking for another nyger seed feeder, and when going through Google images I came across this photo on the RSPB website.... now THIS is impressive!

www.rspb.org.uk/community/cfs-file.ashx/__key/CommunityServer.Discussions.Components.Files/901/2742.feeding-station.jpg

It was in a thread about feeder placement... I think they've got every imaginable sort you could want; I counted 31, but there are some behind others so I'm not sure.

Just think how long it would take to fill them all! how long to wash them all.

I noticed that there are no squirrel-proof feeders, so that must not be a problem where they live, (I don't even look at feeders without protective cages anymore.)

Near to woodland like this, they must get a great variety of birds.

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Birdfeeder Extravaganza Sept 16, 2016 16:25:42 GMT

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Post by Tringa on Sept 16, 2016 16:25:42 GMT

Now that is just silly. I'm all for feeding birds but this reminds a little me of people who have a great love of dogs or cats and end up have a house full.

I agree about the squirrels. In our garden few of those (even the metal looking ones) would survive for long.

They might get a great variety of birds but I wonder if they get a great number of rats?

Dave

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Birdfeeder Extravaganza Oct 19, 2016 20:59:55 GMT

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Post by rowanberry on Oct 19, 2016 20:59:55 GMT

I wondered about the rats, too.

It would be great to have a tree like that to hang things on, (I agree, though...not quite so many).

Despite having a lot of trees, they tend to be more shrub-like, or have slender limbs that won't support a feeder. I've got three trees, (one of them dead and a bit too close to the house) with only one or two stout branches that are accessible because of how they are growing in amongst the hedge and the ivy. I've resorted to putting brackets on the shed, which the birds don't seem to mind.