Any anti-crow feeders available?

Ding Dong

have a number of feeders out but the crows are all over them especially the ones where there is a bar around the edge to stand on. are there any feders out there that small birds can get to but crows cant or any tips I can use?

Alun

You can get anti-squirrel cages for some feeders that seem to work against pigeons and magpies in my case anyway.

Birdnuts

I don't know where you live but Petworld in Blessington does a good range of high quality crow-proof feeders. Basically consists of feeders within a galvanised steel grid that allows small birds pass through but keeps anything larger than a starling out.

V Bull

Birdwatch Ireland sell caged feeders too and I think they also do a mail-order outlet. They might cost a few bob more than other outlets, but the extra few bob goes towards a very good cause... and very good quality feedrers, they'll last a lot longer than others..

swifts need our help!

A friend made his own from large size chicken wire on a basic wooden frame. It doesnt have to be perfect.

Mark

splendid101

Hey man, crows get hungry too!

Ding Dong

Birdnuts wrote: »

I don't know where you live but Petworld in Blessington does a good range of high quality crow-proof feeders. Basically consists of feeders within a galvanised steel grid that allows small birds pass through but keeps anything larger than a starling out.

Thanks Im nearby so that will deffo help!!

soupdragon

I just use a suitable diameter plastic drinks bottle. Cut the bottom off, slip over the bird feeeder, then guestimate home much more you need to cut off the bottom to allow the small garden birds to get onto the feeder (usually about 1 1/2 - 2 inches of the feeder exposed is enough for them)
Most corvids, even very agile Jackdaws won't be able to land on the small area of exposed feeder and the bottle will also help to keep the rain of the food while still allowing the birds to see that the feeder has food in it.
This is what I use on the mesh type feeders commonly used for nuts.

WHL

As an easy first step, hang your bird feeder from 6-9 inches of string. It was a tip from my father-in-law and makes the feeder too unstable for the larger birds

K_user

I have a feeding station out, something like this:



I was plagued with crows and blackbirds, anything that went out was stolen, or gobbled in seconds. They even used to fly into my dangling feeders until they fell from the hooks, then they'd get to work emptying them!

But the little feeding tray on the station has them beaten. They can't land on it and its too close to the pole to be attacked. So they gave up. I now have a couple of feeders dangling again...

thebishop

You could get 2ins mesh from a hardware store and make your own. Cut to what ever size you want and hold it together with plastic ties. Keeps the crows out and the starlings seldom enter.Dont have cat problem here so I leave it on the ground,
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