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[pensnest]

A couple of weeks ago I bought some fat balls for birds.

The first one, I hung from the washing line, in the hope that it would not be reachable by squirrels. However, the birds did not seem to notice it was there, so I swapped it to a bush in the vicinity of our dining room, handy to watch through the window. A pair of excited bluetits have found it, and are even prepared to hang on the fat ball while nomming - I have relocated slightly, and fat ball number three (because they are going through it at a great rate) - has a handy side twig available for standing on. There is also an incredibly camouflaged bird which we think must be a sparrow, though it is a bit darker looking than most. And a soldierly robin, who intimidates the blue tits with his extra 2-3g of weight.

I'm hoping a few more birds will figure it out. There are two fat balls left (one of them ended up in pieces on the grass before ever it could be hung up), and I'm contemplating getting a proper feeder now.

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[turps]

I love watching the birds feed at our feeders. At the moment it's usually sparrows and finches but we also get crows that love the slabs of fat with mealworms included.

Plus, birds make for excellent cat tv :)

[pensnest]

Sable doesn't seem to have noticed the birds - not that she is very often in the dining room, and the windowsills are too full for her to sit on them. She does notice pigeons, but has not (so far) managed to go for one. But I am contemplating getting a nice metal pole with a feeding tray on top...