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Subject: [Leica] IMG: For Bird Feeder Enthusiasts
From: lluisripollphotography at gmail.com (lluisripollphotography)
Date: Mon, 29 May 2017 22:04:14 +0200
References: <1c301d19-3d2e-24f5-23dd-82be9cebbd0a@lighttube.net>

You have a new Plat?! keep shooting
Lluis



> El 29 maig 2017, a les 19:53, Jim Nichols <jhnichols at lighttube.net> va 
> escriure:
> 
> Since I first put up a suet feeder for the woodpeckers, I have been 
> frustrated by the swarms of starlings that are attracted, and who quickly 
> gobble up the feed.  I decided to frustrate the starlings.  I first made a 
> cardboard pattern, and then cut a shield from some scrap aluminum 
> flashing.  I suspended the feeder horizontally, with openings only on the 
> bottom plus a few spots on the sides.
> 
> The woodpeckers are able to cling to the bottom and feed, but the 
> starlings can't do this.  They can reach some areas on the sides, but can 
> no longer destroy the feeding block.  They are now very frustrated.
> 
> http://www.gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/20170529-DSCF2130.JPG.html
> 
> Comments and critiques welcomed and appreciated.
> 
> -- 
> Jim Nichols
> Tullahoma, TN USA
> 
> 
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