{"id":7287,"date":"2022-04-25T15:39:13","date_gmt":"2022-04-25T15:39:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pmstudios.co.uk\/blog\/?p=7287"},"modified":"2022-04-25T15:39:13","modified_gmt":"2022-04-25T15:39:13","slug":"pigeons-on-the-bird-table","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pmstudios.co.uk\/blog\/?p=7287","title":{"rendered":"Pigeons on the bird table"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Our bird table has been monopolised by pigeons eating most of the food to the exclusion of smaller birds. I decided to wire it to keep the pigeons out but let the smaller birds in. This didn&#8217;t work so I set my camera up to see what was happening. Here are the results:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.pmstudios.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/G22_5246r1-600x400.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7288\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.pmstudios.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/G22_5246r1-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.pmstudios.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/G22_5246r1-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.pmstudios.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/G22_5246r1-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.pmstudios.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/G22_5246r1-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.pmstudios.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/G22_5246r1-1200x800.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/www.pmstudios.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/G22_5246r1.jpg 1500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 984px) 61vw, (max-width: 1362px) 45vw, 600px\" \/><figcaption>Pigeon on the edge of the table leaning in to eat<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/www.pmstudios.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/G22_5255r1-600x400.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7289\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.pmstudios.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/G22_5255r1-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.pmstudios.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/G22_5255r1-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.pmstudios.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/G22_5255r1-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.pmstudios.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/G22_5255r1-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.pmstudios.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/G22_5255r1-1200x800.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/www.pmstudios.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/G22_5255r1.jpg 1500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 984px) 61vw, (max-width: 1362px) 45vw, 600px\" \/><figcaption>Here the pigeon is balancing on the lower wire and has pushed up the higher wire<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/www.pmstudios.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/G22_5258r1-600x400.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7290\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.pmstudios.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/G22_5258r1-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.pmstudios.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/G22_5258r1-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.pmstudios.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/G22_5258r1-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.pmstudios.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/G22_5258r1-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.pmstudios.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/G22_5258r1-1200x800.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/www.pmstudios.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/G22_5258r1.jpg 1500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 984px) 61vw, (max-width: 1362px) 45vw, 600px\" \/><figcaption>Now it is stepping in<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/www.pmstudios.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/G22_5264r1-600x400.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7291\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.pmstudios.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/G22_5264r1-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.pmstudios.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/G22_5264r1-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.pmstudios.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/G22_5264r1-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.pmstudios.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/G22_5264r1-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.pmstudios.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/G22_5264r1-1200x801.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/www.pmstudios.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/G22_5264r1.jpg 1499w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 984px) 61vw, (max-width: 1362px) 45vw, 600px\" \/><figcaption>Now it is in ready to feed<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>My next step is to tighten the wire. If that doesn&#8217;t work I will try a third wire&#8230;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Also other birds were coming and going. Here I show a group of starlings &#8211; I like this for the sense of movement:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/www.pmstudios.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/G22_4165r1-600x400.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7292\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.pmstudios.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/G22_4165r1-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.pmstudios.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/G22_4165r1-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.pmstudios.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/G22_4165r1-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.pmstudios.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/G22_4165r1-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.pmstudios.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/G22_4165r1-1200x800.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/www.pmstudios.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/G22_4165r1.jpg 1500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 984px) 61vw, (max-width: 1362px) 45vw, 600px\" \/><figcaption>Starlings on the bird table<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Our bird table has been monopolised by pigeons eating most of the food to the exclusion of smaller birds. I decided to wire it to keep the pigeons out but let the smaller birds in. This didn&#8217;t work so I set my camera up to see what was happening. Here are the results: My next &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pmstudios.co.uk\/blog\/?p=7287\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Pigeons on the bird table&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[99,24,3,94],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7287","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-birds","category-nature","category-photography","category-staffordshire"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pmstudios.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7287","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pmstudios.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pmstudios.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pmstudios.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pmstudios.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=7287"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.pmstudios.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7287\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7293,"href":"https:\/\/www.pmstudios.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7287\/revisions\/7293"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pmstudios.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=7287"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pmstudios.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=7287"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pmstudios.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=7287"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}