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Post by rowanberry on Apr 25, 2016 20:34:14 GMT
Has anyone else tried those transparent feeders that attache to a window with suction cups? I got one several years ago, and none of the birds would come near it... it's been lying about ever since, and I nearly threw it away recently. The birds have been so hungry over the past few days I thought I'd give it another try, hoping that the robins might be bold enough to use it...and within a day a starling who is nesting behind our next-door neighbour's guttering discovered it. She is in it almost the second I put any food in it- but the trouble is that now she's discovered it, so have all the sparrows! They ALL want to use it now. Starling Window Feeder Apr2016 by Wabi Gallery, on Flickr Sparrows Window Feeder Apr2016 by Wabi Gallery, on Flickr
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Post by alf1951 on Apr 26, 2016 6:41:49 GMT
Never seen or heard of that before but it must be entertaining to watch.
Doesn't movement inside the room scare the birds off?
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Post by Tringa on Apr 26, 2016 8:40:39 GMT
It obviously works, Rowanberry. My only experience with these feeders was the same as your initial one - nothing would come near it.
Dave
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Post by rowanberry on Apr 26, 2016 10:59:18 GMT
Never seen or heard of that before but it must be entertaining to watch. Doesn't movement inside the room scare the birds off? If I move suddenly it will usually frighten them, but as long as I stay as still as possible and don't get too close they'll come. In fact, I can see two sparrows in the flowerpot right now, peering in through the window as though to say, "It's empty, and we want mealworms!" They are getting so bold, (or maybe just desperate) that I actually have to stand guard over the blackbirds while they eat, else they get mobbed by hordes of hungry starlings and sparrows.
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Post by NellyDee on Apr 26, 2016 11:09:14 GMT
A friend of mine has had two of these stuck on her windows for years and has a lovely variety of birds that come to them, I think they must have got used to her because you can move around and even take a closer look and the birds just carry on feeding.
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