You wrote:


>We use a thistle feeder that requires the ability to hang upside-down to
get at
>the feeding holes, thereby eliminating all but Siskins and Goldfinches. (It
>helps to mitigate the high cost of thistle!)

That's what I thought too, until this summer I found the Red-winged
Blackbirds are tall enough to stand on the bottom perch of those feeders
and reach up to the feeder hole below the top perch and really pig out on
niger seed.

Dennis Rockwell Kennewick, WA dennis.rockwell at gte.net

There's an old saying which goes:
Once the last tree is cut and the last river poisoned,
you will find you cannot eat your money.
Joyce McLean