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I have a bird feeder in my back garden - pole, seed container, another container for fat ball, water. Small birds perch and use the seed container, larger birds, like pigeons, eat seed on the ground, after the small birds scatter it.
I've got a wild life friendly garden. On one side, winter honeysuckle (a bush), a David Austin rose and a mahonia. These are given minimum pruning. One strong rose stem arched parallel to the fence. Then the arching rose stem was shifted: it was lodged next to the bird feeder, right next to the seed container. My clever pigeons lounge along its length, no longer restricted to picking seed off the ground. Sometimes three or four will be on the rose stem, another in the cherry tree nearby. They co-exist very happily with the little birds, who are not afraid of them. When something new and strange appears, first a pigeon investigates. If it seems OK, the little birds fly down. I've got birds' nests in the honeysuckle bush, in two holly trees, in a couple of lilac bushes. I keep large plastic containers of seed and fat balls on a picnic table. The pigeons know what's in it and try, unsuccessfully, to break in.
I have a very busy back garden and enjoy watching from my kitchen window
I've got a wild life friendly garden. On one side, winter honeysuckle (a bush), a David Austin rose and a mahonia. These are given minimum pruning. One strong rose stem arched parallel to the fence. Then the arching rose stem was shifted: it was lodged next to the bird feeder, right next to the seed container. My clever pigeons lounge along its length, no longer restricted to picking seed off the ground. Sometimes three or four will be on the rose stem, another in the cherry tree nearby. They co-exist very happily with the little birds, who are not afraid of them. When something new and strange appears, first a pigeon investigates. If it seems OK, the little birds fly down. I've got birds' nests in the honeysuckle bush, in two holly trees, in a couple of lilac bushes. I keep large plastic containers of seed and fat balls on a picnic table. The pigeons know what's in it and try, unsuccessfully, to break in.
I have a very busy back garden and enjoy watching from my kitchen window