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Ah I wondered if it was a hop-up for them

You've got some good ideas with the feeders

No luck with the Long Tailed Tits! I set up late this afternoon - as that's when they've been coming.
Got a Nuthatch though.

This is highly cropped and taken through a double glazed window. I'd balanced a cheap studio flash against one pane to light the bird up!
The flash had to be in one pane and the camera in another, else the flash 'bleeds' into the photo.

Now where's that LTT

A good of the Nuthatch. It clearly shows the well developed rear claw which gives them the ability to run up and down the tree trunks in search of food.

Lovely pic of the nuthatch Greg. Have a question about the feeder. Does is keep the food more dry than the usuall port feeder. I like the idea of different foods one can put in your new feeder.

I think it does. The curved base of the container certainly helps the seed to flow towards the feeding ports.

I couldn't decide where to put this ...

Do you think birds get put off feeding very near where a fox regularly comes along and takes food?

It's probably more than six months ago that the birds fed with any regularity from the suet pellets, fat block and raisins in that small area, where the fox takes the fat block.

It could be a coincidence, I suppose

Maybe the leaves a smell.Do birds smell things.
Feeding the birds is alot of work just now the seeds stick the fatballs I think are frozen and the water is a nightmare.

Intriguing question, Nuthatch. A neighbourhood cat comes regularly for cheese squares; the birds watch it from the trees and shrubs and then come down when it has had its fill and wandered off.
Maybe foxes are more scary ??

nuthatch wrote:I couldn't decide where to put this ...

Do you think birds get put off feeding very near where a fox regularly comes along and takes food?

It's probably more than six months ago that the birds fed with any regularity from the suet pellets, fat block and raisins in that small area, where the fox takes the fat block.

It could be a coincidence, I suppose

They won't be put off. This clip shows our Fox on patrol (last weekend), you can see the bird feeders in the background. We also put currants and seed on the ground for the ground feeding birds just where he's sniffing around !

http://youtu.be/rqDlmpzwpkA

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