a small bird feeder which cannot be perched upon and eaten from by larger birds

Gnu,

Not as amusing as your "Godpigeon" anecdote...but I've noticed that the neighborhood jays refuse to accept that they are too damned big to feed at the hanging station (it's more sized to suit chickadee/sparrow body-types.)

Instead of going to the ground-station, they'll claw the high perch, hang ludicrously off to one side, wildly pivot one wing like a propeller to stay balanced, and gobble until their equilibrium gives out.

..or until the red-bellied woodpecker drives them off. :D

Slán,

~Fionn

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