Using a perching log

nightshade · #21 (**permalink**) 30-05-2011, 08:03 AM

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Originally Posted by Kayleigh

I have half a tree..where to erect it is the problem..

I have a 4 foot length of log hanging from my Rowan tree. It has 7mm holes in it, that I put nuts and seeds in for woodpeckers, other birds use it as well.
The top foot or so has been ravaged by Great Spotted Woodpeckers.

david156 · #22 (**permalink**) 30-05-2011, 11:55 AM

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Originally Posted by KentYeti

The Great Spotted Woodpecker can't even find the log!

Bryan,

PS. Just checked. It's still in the garden. Although Sunny did ask where I kept my saws!

Nice shot of the woodpecker Bryan. Its not that he can't find it, he just doesn't want to use it and then one morning when he comes to feed, your log has 'mysteriously' disappeared.

Check Tracey's luggage when she leaves and be wary. That long wrapped parcel might not be "extra long walking poles" or "a new curtain rail"

David

sunnydale · #23 (**permalink**) 31-05-2011, 05:57 AM

{{whispers}}...I'm off up the garden in a minute while Bryan's still asleep!

Insomniak · #24 (**permalink**) 31-05-2011, 06:56 AM

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Originally Posted by Kayleigh

I have half a tree..where to erect it is the problem..

Last winter's temps of -12 effectively killed my 2 cordylines and left me with perfect perching spots for the birds lining up for the feeders. I haven't put any food actually IN the crevices of the cordylines but all the birds clean their beaks on them and generally just hang out on the bare branches.

KentYeti · #25 (**permalink**) 31-05-2011, 10:26 PM

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Originally Posted by sunnydale

{{whispers}}...i'm off up the garden in a minute while bryan's still asleep!

:d

lol!

KentYeti · #26 (**permalink**) 01-06-2011, 08:05 PM

Well, it survived this visit by Sunny. And I did escort her all the way back to Bakewell just to make sure. Where I missed the chance of a perching Jackdaw as I had left my camera at home. Silly Yeti! LOL!

So, back on my own at home today, I spent a couple of hours with camera trained on the post.

I did bait the top with some seeds, and these two had a right time eating them all!

Got a Great Tit on it as well, but only after it had gone rather dull. (The weather that is, not the bird). But having no luck getting a Goldfinch perching on the top. They usually spend a few seconds on the side of it before attacking the feeder.

Bryan