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Without wanting to brag, we?re getting loads of small and larger birds visiting our feeding stations:


Great, blue, coal and long-tailed tits

Goldfinches

Sparrows

Robins

Greater spotted woodpecker

Starlings

Jay

Magpies

Parakeets

Wrens


We?ve got high quality suet (not balls), peanuts and niger seeds in feeders on a very tall pole positioned next to tall shrubs that the small birds use on approach. We also have a wooden bird house feeder for the large birds that we put suet in.


We?re in The Gardens, btw.


Hope that helps!

Put a photo of your feeders up. You've missed out wood pigeons, they even try to get at the feeders and the most ridiculous sight was on trying to eat the niger seeds that had fallen onto the feeder tray. We use both suet balls and pellets, at times the balls are popular. I've noticed that the Aldi suet balls less popular than the ones I got on line. Never had any luck with seeds and nuts. Dried meal worms are eaten but pricey.


But don't you have squirrels trying to get at stuff? I scatter pellets from time to time for the ground feeders, but the rats with fluffy tales eat the pellets.

malumbu Wrote:

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> Put a photo of your feeders up. You've missed out

> wood pigeons, they even try to get at the feeders

> and the most ridiculous sight was on trying to eat

> the niger seeds that had fallen onto the feeder

> tray. We use both suet balls and pellets, at

> times the balls are popular. I've noticed that

> the Aldi suet balls less popular than the ones I

> got on line. Never had any luck with seeds and

> nuts. Dried meal worms are eaten but pricey.

>

> But don't you have squirrels trying to get at

> stuff? I scatter pellets from time to time for

> the ground feeders, but the rats with fluffy tales

> eat the pellets.


Here you go. Yes, we have squirrels trying to get in on the action. We can?t stop them from going in the house, but we slather the feeder pole with Vaseline then sit back and watch them slide down repeatedly 😀

Ta everso. Nice that you are encouraging wildlife. I used car grease on my pole (ho ho) but for some reason upside down football cones have also put them off. Parakeets come close but yet to invade. Genuinely went through 5 x more feed in 2019 so something has affected the birds - hopefully that there is more food generally available.

MissDumpling Wrote:

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>

Yes, we have squirrels trying to get

> in on the action. We can?t stop them from going in

> the house, but we slather the feeder pole with

> Vaseline then sit back and watch them slide down

> repeatedly



Any chance of a video of the sliding squirrels?


:))

Effra Wrote:

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> Try this

> https://www.bing.com/videos/search?q=squirrel+slip

> pery+pole&ru=%2fvideos%2fsearch%3fq%3dsquirrel%2bs

> lippery%2bpole%26%26FORM%3dVDVVXX&view=detail&mid=

> 3EA7411D5C5B01072E703EA7411D5C5B01072E70&rvsmid=73

> CF057C5C1A4EA9686773CF057C5C1A4EA96867&FORM=VDQVAP



Oh poor squirrel! He (or she) deserves a bit of bird food, for persistence!

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