Bird Feeding Station - No birds!!

elsien

I think I have special needs birds in my garden. They're fighting over the food all summer, and come the winter I don't see them for dust. Doesn't matter what I buy, or whether they've been eating it all summer, it's been the same the last 2 winters.

MrsRogers

ALIBOBSY wrote: »

We have been watching the local birds dart in to pinch bits of food from our pampered chuckies lol. I wrongly assumed if we put out say meal worms for the garden birds that the chickens might take some food, but we have even seen bluebelle chasing a blackbird off the garden lol.
Now started to put some stuff out the front away from the chucks.
The chicks made me laugh this morning have been giving them a treat of porridge oats in hot water (a sort of basic chicken porridge lol) to warm them up in the morning, this morning I forgot and was sorting out the baby who is a bit of colour with a cold. As soon as I walked past the patio window they were all lined up by the glass waiting and started tapping maddly on the glass. Porridge wolfed down in double quick speed lol. BTW they have normal chicken food and fresh water everyday, but they clear up our leftovers lol.

To op defo the finding thing, it can take a while for them to spot the food espcially if they normally just fly past your garden to the neighbours.

ali x

Hee hee this did make me chuckle :rotfl: Can imagine your ladies were very put out with no porridge this morning

twodogsandacat

Move the bird table. Our sparrows don't like it if it's too far from the hedge...
They like being able to dive out and back again.

tanith

Its nothing to do with the cat I have always had many birds in the garden and two cats and visiting cats , as long as the birds can see the cats they are not bothered.... as others have said it takes them time to find it but they will.... I have a resident robin who taps on my patio door every morning begging for his seeds and crumbs... I have to go out and put stuff out for the other birds up the garden then he can sneak down onto my doormat and eat at his leisure without the bigger birds trying to chase him off... if I leave the garage door open he will go in and help himself from the bag of seed I keep there...

rosie383

I agree that it just seems to take time. Mine didn't get any visitors for about 2 weeks, apart from a few squirrels. Then the starlings came.......so funny to watch, and there are regularly 5 or 6 at a time eating away. A few weeks on, and I have had the odd great tit on the fat balls which was very exciting. I am still waiting for the jay to come to my feeder. He is on and off the fence like a yo-yo visiting next dorr's feeders, but hasn't come to mine yet. I'm hoping it's only a matter of time as I get dead excited each time he appears.
BTW, a lady from the RSPB was on the radio today saying not to put any turkey fat out for the birds. Apparently it doesn't solidify completely, so just ends up coating the birds' feathers and feet and giving them no end of problems.

tina1973

It just takes time. I put 2 feeding stations up last year. One in the back garden and one in the back. Got them from Aldi. I go some seed feeders as well from a pound shop. They didn't eat the mixed seed or fat ball so changed the food to sunflower seeds. I now have Robins, Blue Tits, Great Tits (ha), Gold Finches, Green Finches, Chaffinch, and Bullfinch. There's also a few Collared Doves who visit. Peanuts were also a flop. I still put some fat balls out and the Tits have a go but they mostly just rot. Be patient and they will come but try changing your seed. Good luck! xxxx