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Post by Deleted on Sept 7, 2006 3:34:54 GMT
We have been invaded by magpies. If I put out a fat ball for the Blue Tits they rip it out of the netting and steal it within minutes. Has anyone got a good way of dealing with this?
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Post by Deleted on Sept 7, 2006 5:39:01 GMT
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Post by Deleted on Sept 7, 2006 5:50:57 GMT
I've created a hanging globe by using 2 x 14" hanging baskets. Wiring an edge together in two places to form a hinge and using one of the free hangers (that occasionally come with the fat balls) hooked up inside for the balls. the "lid" stays closed by wedging it inside the spring clips of the hanging chains. It was primarily to keep the pigeons and starlings out, but the starling babies could squeeze through the holes !  I certainly wasn't going to pay £25 odd for a globe and this contraption has worked well and now the starlings have got bigger they've buggared off and left the sparras to it. ;D Have just looked on that size GW and they have one of the hangers there for £1.95. Do they think we're made of money? £28.99 for a globe  ? Aye, that'll be right ..........NOT ! ;D  |
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Post by Deleted on Sept 7, 2006 6:20:04 GMT
Those prices make your eyes water, don't they - I think I shall try and manufacture something myself on the lines of your hanging baskets!
We always have the odd magpie here but the latest lot are this years babies, they go round mob-handed and are quite clever. I'm hoping they will find other places to haunt soon. It's a pity they are so destructive because they are very striking birds.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 7, 2006 6:23:17 GMT
This fella inspired the globe.  They are very well dressed thugs. ;D |
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Post by Deleted on Sept 7, 2006 11:19:10 GMT
Brilliant pictures. My magpies wouldn't stand still for a photo, they usually disappear - briefly - at any movement they notice inside the windows. I think one of their number is the watchman and the rest follow his lead.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 7, 2006 17:35:53 GMT
love your feeder mrs  i wouldn't dream of paying those sort of prices for bird feeders i have a bird table made by mr gw & my washing line feeders   but i'm tempted to make your ball feeder to keep mr squirrel from munching his way through all the food in the winter ...he's a greedy guts  |
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Post by Deleted on Sept 7, 2006 20:36:53 GMT
mrskp,that's a brilliant piece of technology  . We've just noticed a squirrel coming into the gardens around us,so I'm thinking of making one of these. |
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Post by Deleted on Sept 7, 2006 22:25:54 GMT
thanks peeps. as you can see, i tried to keep out the starlings by winding extra wire to divide the holes in two. didn't work, they still got in lmao. just love your robin GW but if i left my balls out like that (  ) the pigeons would be hanging from the rafters and grab the lot. |
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Post by Deleted on Sept 7, 2006 22:31:40 GMT
Mrs KP - That hanging basket globe idea MUST be worth a fortune. I want one!
<there was no such thing as a squirrel/magpie proof feeder until today smiley>
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Post by Deleted on Sept 7, 2006 22:35:46 GMT
(c) Kay Pee Inc
all donations gratefully received !
;D
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Post by Deleted on Sept 15, 2006 18:35:33 GMT
Hi Mrskp
What a good invention, i hope youve got copyright you dont want anyone taking the credit, i think its great ive got a catapult for scaring off magpies and any other unwanted visitor to the garden, I DONT hit them i just fire it near them and this usually scares them off.
Well done regards karenwl
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Post by Deleted on Sept 15, 2006 18:44:09 GMT
I wonder if I could go into The Dragon's Den for a loan. |
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Post by MamIDdau on Sept 17, 2006 20:36:57 GMT
What a clever idea! We haven't really got any large birds in our garden at the moment apart from seagulls and they can't land where the fat balls are to peck at them and we gave up on nut feeders and stick to seeds now.
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Post by Chuckles on Dec 8, 2006 21:38:32 GMT
I've created a hanging globe by using 2 x 14" hanging baskets. Wiring an edge together in two places to form a hinge and using one of the free hangers (that occasionally come with the fat balls) hooked up inside for the balls. the "lid" stays closed by wedging it inside the spring clips of the hanging chains. It was primarily to keep the pigeons and starlings out, but the starling babies could squeeze through the holes ! I certainly wasn't going to pay £25 odd for a globe and this contraption has worked well and now the starlings have got bigger they've buggared off and left the sparras to it. ;D Have just looked on that size GW and they have one of the hangers there for £1.95. Do they think we're made of money? £28.99 for a globe ? Aye, that'll be right ..........NOT ! ;D Did anyone have a go at doing this with the 2 baskets, I'm going to have a go as I found some wire baskets when tidying out the shed the other day. Will make me feel happier as I now have 3 cats coming into the gd   eyeing up my Sparrows. |
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? Aye, that'll be right ..........NOT !
. We've just noticed a squirrel coming into the gardens around us,so I'm thinking of making one of these.
) the pigeons would be hanging from the rafters and grab the lot.
eyeing up my Sparrows.