How do I keep large black birds away from my bird feeders?

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Lynng_countrygirl asked:


I have bird feeders in my yard to feed the tiny little birds that fly about, especially this time of year when it’s really cold. The problem I am having is that there are alot of crow / black birds in our area and they are absolutely relentless when it comes to the bird feeders. I really don’t care for these black birds at all. They eat or destroy all the food for the little birds in a short amount of time. Does any one have a sensible solution to this bird problem, besides shooting the black birds. We have plenty of woods and fields for these black birds to hang out in….Not my bird feeders!

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    • This entry was posted on Tuesday, December 29th, 2009 at 5:37 am and is filed under Bird Feeders. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. Both comments and pings are currently closed.

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    No Responses to “How do I keep large black birds away from my bird feeders?”

    1. Eurydice Says:
      January 1st, 2010 at 2:18 pm

      you should feed thru a bird feeder with a small hole that only the small birds can fit thru

    2. real_kiss_fan Says:
      January 2nd, 2010 at 8:23 am

      I think there are bird feeders out there that only have small openings so the little birds can get in, eat in peace and leave and the big birds cant get to the food. You could rig up something using chicken wire, which should have the same effect but might not be very attractive to you.

    3. logic320 Says:
      January 2nd, 2010 at 10:23 pm

      The difference most of the time.

    4. mountainriley Says:
      January 3rd, 2010 at 6:30 pm

      The feeder is available that shuts off the supply of food when heavy bird feeder light birds do not trigger closier try home depot or lows know saw one but.
      The feeder light birds do not trigger closier try home depot or lows know saw one but dont know which one it was.
      The supply of food when heavy bird feeder is available that shuts off the feeder is available that shuts off the feeder is available that.