Last year I succumbed to pressure and bought a large bird feeder. We filled it with birdseed, set it up, and within an hour or so it thad attracted dozens of Chickadees, Nuthatches, Junkos, and assorted other creatures. The birds I mentioned are all fairly small birds but the feeder also attracted Steller's Jays and Flickers which are quite large in comparison. These larger birds could empty the feeder in half an hour and they drove off the smaller birds. I blocked the larger birds from the feeder with a bit of chicken mesh. This somehow attracted the raccoons who emptied the feeder faster than the larger birds. We put a length of round, metal duct over the post holding the feeder so the raccoons couldn't climb up. Now the deer pull the feeder apart and eat the seeds. I'm almost ready to quit feeding these assorted wild gluttons. Any suggestions?
