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Originally Posted by shiffty  as im getting lots of crows and magpies ,landing on the grass by the bird table,hopefully the little guys will cotton on and take a peep on what all the commotion is about........(im chucking seed and bread scraps out on the grass by the bird table)...fingers crossed... |
Aah maybe this is your answer... it's probably the crows and magpies putting the littluns off, they both predate small birds and if there's no cover to hide in they wont come near.
I'd stop chucking bread and food on the ground to put off the crows and magpies and then just wait. Alternativly just go for encouraging your corvids (crows, magpies, rooks, ravens, jays), they are our most intelligent birds and could be just as entertaining as the little ones to watch, it all depends on what you like
Bet you thought 'put food out and the birds will come', complicated little things aren't they