A couple of years ago the local parish council got some tree surgeons to pollard some of the Horse Chestnut trees in the meadow adjacent to our garden.
The Rookery located in those trees subsequently moved to some trees further back and put them directly in line of sight to my bird feeders.
As Rooks are fairly large birds they descend on the feeders in a rather ungainly fashion and shake the feeders whilst trying to extract seeds from them sprinkling a lot to the ground.
The seeds on the ground are then scooped up by other Rooks, Ducks and Wood Pigeons.
I’ve tried to hide the feeders from the Rooks but they always find them and it is costing a fair bit as they can empty out feeders in a matter of hours rather than days.
Need to figure out how to outwit them without depriving other birds. This happens from approx late Feb to early May whilst incubating eggs to raising young.
Any thoughts welcome other than “don’t feed the birds” or “ buy some expensive rook proof feeders”.
By the Way the Rookery has over 30 active nests.
The Rookery located in those trees subsequently moved to some trees further back and put them directly in line of sight to my bird feeders.
As Rooks are fairly large birds they descend on the feeders in a rather ungainly fashion and shake the feeders whilst trying to extract seeds from them sprinkling a lot to the ground.
The seeds on the ground are then scooped up by other Rooks, Ducks and Wood Pigeons.
I’ve tried to hide the feeders from the Rooks but they always find them and it is costing a fair bit as they can empty out feeders in a matter of hours rather than days.
Need to figure out how to outwit them without depriving other birds. This happens from approx late Feb to early May whilst incubating eggs to raising young.
Any thoughts welcome other than “don’t feed the birds” or “ buy some expensive rook proof feeders”.
By the Way the Rookery has over 30 active nests.
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