"Martin" wrote in message
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On Sat, 4 Nov 2006 17:04:45 -0000, "Gill Matthews"
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"JennyC" wrote in message
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Hi all,

I needed a new bird tale last week and went of to the GC to have a look.
We have a modern house so I wanted a modern looking one to hang on some
steel trellis. The only ones available are ALL made of wood and very
traditional looking. Ended up getting one and painting it blue to at
least
make it a bit less twee.

Then a got into a discussion with a poster here (the sculptor) about
bird
feeders and tables.... He makes squirrel proof feeders which look great!
His site is www.llamaseven.com

I was wondering about a hanging steel bird table..... but while
discussing
it over breakfast this morning Leo said that maybe metal is not such a
good idea as the birds feet might get stuck on it in freezing weather?

I was thinking of that ribbed steel they use for floors etc or maybe a
hardwood base with a simple stainless steel roof?

Any ideas or thoughts on this?

I have seen metal hanging bird feeders in painted metal and verdigris
copper, but shiny things tend to scare birds e.g. the rows of cds I hang
up
scare the birds off my Brassicas quite effectively and it seems that you
might get a similar effect with a stainless steel bird feeder?

The CDs I hung up took the birds all of 5 minutes to learn to ignore.
Are your CDs Val Doonigan CDs or what?

No. They are Microsoft Beta testing software. spawn of Satan that will
utterly destroy your computer. Perhaps the birds are afraid of systems
crashes then.

Gill