I don't care what you say, I'm not going to feed birds in my garden while
I
have sparrowhawks here that will pick them off the birdtable.
I so wish they were not protected.

wrote Christina.

Perhaps you could consider your feeding methods.

I use caged in feeders, protecting the food from the squirrels
and the feeding birds from the hawks.

The little bird population in my area seems to thrive with this method
(:-)

Pete