"Another John" wrote in message
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Any ideas? See this:

http://i39.tinypic.com/jr5fy9.jpg

This blue tit was found dead in the birdfeeder, hanging there, as you
see.

My friend, whose feeder it is, says:

Recently dead (it was still warm) and completely jammed into the seed
feeder
shoot!! Head squashed to a pulp - took a lot of effort to free it. What
the
hell has gone on? Has it flown into the hole or what? !

She says she had to remove all the seeds to get the poor thing out. The
head was crushed, but not bloody. Her garden is small, and very
enclosed -- it would be virtually impossible for anyone to sneak in and
do this as a "prank" -- not without leaving broken bits of fence,
shrubbery etc.

Has anyone ever experienced such a thing? Bird flies full tilt into
feeder hole?!

Cheers
John

The bird would not have flown 'full tilt into the feeder hole', it would
have approached the hole claws first and grabbed the horizontal rails and
then put its head into the feeding bay.

Someone suggested a slug of seed falling and crushing the head. These seed
feeders are fitted with an internal canopy so the seeds fall 'round the
side'.

Prank? I would like to see someone get near the bird to do such a thing.

My theory? And it will allow certain people to laugh and scoff.. .....
"""SOMETHING""" has frightened the bird and it has had such as a heart
attack .............. look at the feet, not on the perching rails
............. and the bird has collapsed and thus literally 'hung itself'

Wrong? OK, come up with something more pos.

Mike

Whilst I have your attention. How do I encourage Red Squirrels? We have them
passing through, but would like them "resident"?

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