thekitchensinkbirdwatcher

The wire peanut feeder which sits under the roof of the little bird table is a bit of a improvised job – a taller wire tube cut down which attaches onto a couple of cup-hooks screwed onto the underside of the bird table roof. Over the years the wire has frayed and broken so that we need to use the next row of wire squares down. Of course this brings the floor of the tube upwards, so that I wedge a couple of pieces of slate under it to keep it steady. Nevertheless, the feeder is repeatedly pushed to one side. I’ve never spotted the bird, I’m assuming it’s a bird, that pushes it aside. I suspect it may be a jackdaw. A few years ago, there was a wood mouse which would scamper up the stems of the honeysuckle plants, whisk across the wooden strut connecting the fence with the bird table to extract a nut from the wire by climbing up to the top and scrambling in, take its prize away and then return for another one.