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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Guizotia" data-source="post: 1384724" data-attributes="member: 71063">Well I wouldn't count the coconut shells unless a load of Starlings turned up...So that's 3 feeders in 190m2 which is roughly 1 feeder per 60m2.  That's certainly doesn't sound excessive, although our experience (good or bad) of bird feeding can also be dependent on the number of birds being attracted.  Some people just do not enjoy the constant activity and birds flying away when disturbed, if it's over a certain level.I do hope the fact that this disagreement centers around a single certain perceived effect, i.e. the pigeons on the window sill, will make it easier to resolve.One last ditch idea would be to take away all feeders for a period, to get a 'baseline' for how often pigeons are on the window sill, and then slowly re-introduce them and monitor what happens.  This might be done as much for how the actions appear to the aggrieved as for what it might achieve.Good luck!</blockquote>