[quote=Picidae;564406]This is rather an amplified view of the risk I think! Corvids do predate chicks and eggs during the breeding season, but rather more unusually, adults.
You're right, I was a little over the top!
The theories on coloured feeders are interesting, my feeder is yellow and seems v.popular, it's in the open and 2 foot or so from a fence where the sparrows and greenfinches line up. Mind you there's no cats for about half a mile so no worries there, just a local perigrin but I guess he's more interested in pigeons.
All these responses to Shifty's question are really interesting, it's amazing how many differsnt factors can affect what comes to your feeders, not just what you put in them.