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Been told but couldn't believe it, woodpeckers snatch baby birds from nests 
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I was out feeding dogs etc and heard hammering from the gable. Sure enough, a woodpecker flew off, looks like he's found the marten nests
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Quickly refilled his usual feeders, peanuts, fat cakes etc. Hopefully he'll leave the nests alone.
It's a love+hate relationship. We put the flying bird kites up Tuesday to stop the martens gathering on the lines above the hives. Counted 60+ a few years ago just sailing out, snapping bees. The hive that gets the sun first and starts flying the earliest was decimated. Plenty enough bugs elsewhere
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.I was out feeding dogs etc and heard hammering from the gable. Sure enough, a woodpecker flew off, looks like he's found the marten nests
.Quickly refilled his usual feeders, peanuts, fat cakes etc. Hopefully he'll leave the nests alone.
It's a love+hate relationship. We put the flying bird kites up Tuesday to stop the martens gathering on the lines above the hives. Counted 60+ a few years ago just sailing out, snapping bees. The hive that gets the sun first and starts flying the earliest was decimated. Plenty enough bugs elsewhere
.