Tree House

Good for you Ray, you are lucky Maureen! Only made from the finest timber!

What a good job. Bet it doesn't take long for the birds to arrive!

Thanks Dawnsaunt and Gee. We hope to see some activity maybe tomorrow, and of course to see if we may have to put something around the sides, to maybe make the openings slightly smaller. if the starlings take it over. I hope they dont...

Know what you mean, mine is just a flat table and we have a big fat wood pigeon that just sits and eats everything - really need to get hubby to build me a roof.

We dont really get trouble too much with pigeons, but the starlings have been breeding in the roof of the house next door for quite a few years now, and they havent done anything about them, so of course when they fly out in the mornings, there are about 50 of them, and they dont give the little birds a chance

It looks great...rustic and natural

thanks Bonkers

Very nice. Well done Ray. I hope you have lots of birdy visitors (other than starlings)

Well done Ray,looks great

well done Ray, that looks brilliant

Well done it's great

Thanks peoples.......

If starlings a real problem for you hope its ok to share what works for us ..

We buy the cheap seed then add sunflower seeds suet pellets and mealworms seperately.

Starlings will take anything but are really fat obsessed , we do not put anything fatty near our bird table and do not include those suet pellets or mealworms in the mix as this will draw them like flies ! If they raid seed feeders sparrows chaffinches etc sit underneath to feed as they spill so much.Its suet and mealworms they are looking for in the expensive mixes .

We put a dish out with fat etc for starlings ( cant get rid but can reduce their impact ) and suet mix on ground .

Wood pigeons and collared doves are looking for corn and maize which often the cheaper mixes bulked up with , although they look greedy they do leave the smaller seeds for others.

If pigeons a real problem then the more expensive bird foods contain less corn.Smaller birds often last to feed so we put mealworms out late and leave over - night as often will get them before starlings arrive en masse.

Sorry if this sounds a bit like a military campaign guess it is if you invaded by the starling army .. hope it helps.

Clever Ray ,this looks great Milky Thanks for all the tips Bonkers ...

Yes Bonkers...thankyou for that information.....now I realise why the starling decimate the fat balls first, and why they were fighting over the turkey. We do have some pigeons and a pair of collared doves that are always around, and I had noticed that they only go for bread,corn etc. Handy tip about the mealworms though, I shall certainly put them out later.

Did the birds investigate today Maureen? Thanks for sharing your tips on satisfying the starlings BB :-)

Not a dicky today, although when Ray got up 1st this morning, to make a cuppa,he said there was a blue tit in there. Maybe its because we have been busy in the garden today, I shall keep a watch tomorrow Dawnsaunt

I'm sure it won't be long before they arrive in flocks :-)

Starling are the bover boys of the the bird world, but i do find them funny when they are all fighting over the same fat ball when there are about 3 other fats balls hanging just yards away. Nice bird table.. lets hope you get loads of other birds to it.

Agree Sue ...our starlings home in on their fat dish...a couple at a time,and then start squabbling.While they are fighting another comes along and grabs as much as it wants !So funny to watch them marching around shouting the odds !

The birds are starting to investigate the table now.....Only trouble is they are too fast for me to get a picture. Also they are a little bit wary, as its been very windy, so the house has been moving about a bit. Maybe they dont like that too much.....

You should see our goldfinches on a windy day Milky They cling on for dear life,and only fly off when the feeders are rotating at 360 degrees lol