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I have come up with a rather unique way of feeding the small birds instead of th3 jackdaws magpies and crows hijacking the feeders in the apple tree.
I bought a secondhand dog crate for a medium size dog, and I hang 2 fat ball feeders and 2 wild bird seed feeders inside it. The crate sits on the ground and the birds pop in and out of it, I put mealworms on the floor for Robinson’s ground feeding, so far they are all loving it and the jackdaws especially parade around it looking in and pecking at what food is on the floor near the side bars.

That's a good solution Can. Keeps squirrels out too. Our robin feeder is based on the same principle, but much more rustic.  Two concentric rolls of 2" plastic mesh with a dustbin lid tied on top. For 'rustic' read 'bodged"