how do i keep crows and magpieswho have nested in our garden away from the bird stations?

Posted On March 25 In Birds

we do throw out bread for them , but they are forever around the feeding stations.

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Pigeonboy says:

March 25, 2010 at 12:02 pm

Quit putting the feed out for a while. They will learn to find another food source. As long as there is food around they are going to get into it.
margecutter says:

March 25, 2010 at 12:02 pm

There are exclusionary feeders that work on one of two different principles. Some feeders work on weight – there is a mechanism that shuts the feeding holes when a large bird or squirrel gets on the feeder, so that it can not feed. The other simply uses strong mesh wire around a feeder, with the mesh being large enough to let smaller birds in but small enough to exclude the larger birds and mammals.

Some examples:

http://www.wildbirdsmarketplace.com/Metal-Safe-Haven-%E2%80%93-Squirrel-Proof-Bird-Feeder-p65.html

http://www.onlinenaturemall.com/Products5/mol086.html

http://www.onlinenaturemall.com/birdfeeders/squirrel.htm