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Top Poster: glsammy (15,067) | | Welcome to our newest member, rickyhobson | |  | Posted 24-01-2012 at 09:25 PM by jaelen Updated 25-01-2012 at 09:23 AM by jaelen I got the idea for this when I was visiting my parents in the States over Christmas. I came across a bird-feeder especially designed for woodpeckers, with a bit protruding at the bottom to give the bird something to brace its tail against, the way it would against the surface of a tree.
I had noticed how the sparrows struggled sometimes to try and balance on the seed feeders in my garden- contorting themselves to wrap around the underside of the feeder while they tried to grip on... | Member of the Wild Empire | | Comments 0
|  | Posted 24-01-2012 at 09:00 PM by jaelen I have recently started modifying a few bird feeders, to try and see if I can come up with ideas that might work better for the birds.
It is frustrating, (and sometimes costly!) to go out and buy what appears to be a nice feeder, only to discover later that because of a careless or poorly thought-out design it is instead a potential health risk to the birds...as in the case of a peanut feeder I bought recently which retains water in the bottom, causing the nuts to go mouldy.  ... | Member of the Wild Empire | | Comments 3
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