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The siting of your bird table is very important. If you put it too far away from cover, the shyer
birds will be reluctant to use it; too close to cover and sparrowhawks and cats will both eat well!
Birds bathing or drinking are even more vulnerable, because bird baths are usually low to the ground.
For most of us, the sight of a sparrowhawk is one of the bonuses of bird feeding but a bird eating cat,
even if it's ours,
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