Deterring Cockatoo, but attracting the rest?

[Yamaotoko]

Ok, not quite bushcraft, but kind of...

So, up here in the beautiful Dandenong Ranges our abundant birdlife is slowly starting to return after a lot of their homes were destroyed in the big storms last year (in my area, only 10% of the trees remain standing!). I need to build a new bird feeder for our deck, I'm trying to come up with (or come across) a design which will welcome all the 'nice' birds, king parrots, rainbow lorikeets, bronze brushwing etc, but isn't convenient for the big white bogans (as my kiwi wife calls them), does anyone have any ideas?

 

[Randall]

Ok, not quite bushcraft, but kind of...

So, up here in the beautiful Dandenong Ranges our abundant birdlife is slowly starting to return after a lot of their homes were destroyed in the big storms last year (in my area, only 10% of the trees remain standing!). I need to build a new bird feeder for our deck, I'm trying to come up with (or come across) a design which will welcome all the 'nice' birds, king parrots, rainbow lorikeets, bronze brushwing etc, but isn't convenient for the big white bogans (as my kiwi wife calls them), does anyone have any ideas?

cockys are awesome. Starlings and indian mynahs are the ones to keep away When I hear cockys it makes me think of the dinosaur era for some reason.

 

[Kindlling]

Ok, not quite bushcraft, but kind of...

So, up here in the beautiful Dandenong Ranges our abundant birdlife is slowly starting to return after a lot of their homes were destroyed in the big storms last year (in my area, only 10% of the trees remain standing!). I need to build a new bird feeder for our deck, I'm trying to come up with (or come across) a design which will welcome all the 'nice' birds, king parrots, rainbow lorikeets, bronze brushwing etc, but isn't convenient for the big white bogans (as my kiwi wife calls them), does anyone have any ideas?

Maybe not so much the feeder itself , more the location , like amongst the corn plants / vegie garden for example . So the cumbersome cockies may not be able to settle down to land .

They get rid of them around here with loud bird bangs on farms .

 

[Yamaotoko]

cockys are awesome. Starlings and indian mynahs are the ones to keep away When I hear cockys it makes me think of the dinosaur era for some reason.

Luckily we don’t have any issues with mynahs or starlings here, predominantly local natives, with the odd black cockatoo blown down south.

 

[Yamaotoko]

Maybe not so much the feeder itself , more the location , like amongst the corn plants / vegie garden for example . So the cumbersome cockies may not be able to settle down to land .

They get rid of them around here with loud bird bangs on farms .

That makes sense, I guess that’s what I’m hoping to achieve, but in a more bird-watching-friendly spot…

 

[WanderOn]

Ok, not quite bushcraft, but kind of...

So, up here in the beautiful Dandenong Ranges our abundant birdlife is slowly starting to return after a lot of their homes were destroyed in the big storms last year (in my area, only 10% of the trees remain standing!). I need to build a new bird feeder for our deck, I'm trying to come up with (or come across) a design which will welcome all the 'nice' birds, king parrots, rainbow lorikeets, bronze brushwing etc, but isn't convenient for the big white bogans (as my kiwi wife calls them), does anyone have any ideas?

Not very helpful regarding your question but I got a laugh out of the “big white bogans”

 

[nathanaelc]

Maybe not so much the feeder itself , more the location , like amongst the corn plants / vegie garden for example . So the cumbersome cockies may not be able to settle down to land .

They get rid of them around here with loud bird bangs on farms .

Good suggestion. Also smaller seed, no sunflower seeds and have small access holes to the food that larger birds can't reach through. Just make sure your feeder is sturdy because cockies will tear that shit up in their frustration.

 

[Yamaotoko]

Good suggestion. Also smaller seed, no sunflower seeds and have small access holes to the food that larger birds can't reach through. Just make sure your feeder is sturdy because cockies will tear that shit up in their frustration.

Yeah, like they do to the rest of our house!!