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Still no eggs! It was supposed to rain today, but apart from a couple of light showers is has been dry and at the moment sunny.
We've bought a new birdfeeder which we like very much. It attaches to the window with a couple of suckers. We thought a picture of it would make a change from empty nests so here it is. It is manufactured by Meripac and sold through a number of distributors. Both Fluffy and another bluetit (Flash?) have already found it and are feeding from it, provided we are not too close.
We were very surprised at the speed with which the birds accepted the feeder - we thought it might take a few days before they ventured near, but it took less than 3 hours. Fluffy was the first bird we saw taking a mealworm, and some of the robins were there a little later. However, one robin was very confused. First of all it sat on the shelf underneath the feeder, and reached up to peck at the base - where of course it could see the mealworms. Later it sat on the "roof", looking down at this tempting food - but even when Fluffy hopped in and helped herself to some food, the robin didn't seem to get the message.
One problem that we might have is that the ever present squirrels could start to take an interest - we just hope they will not find mealworms attractive.
