I've been thinking a cat to reduce the bunny problem, but today I saw a fire-tail finch at my new place - I haven't seen one since I was a kid. They hop around low to the ground and through scrub. Ideal cat targets and definitely not bud-peckers!
What are they after, I wonder? Nectar? A bug that happens to be on the bud? It is amazing how creatures learn eating habits from one another in the garden. I guess it's a sort of "I'll have what she's having" approach to alfresco dining! I hope the birds that have grown a fancy for your blooms find something tastier this autumn, Lorn.
