"I should have made it a little clearer , Mr alarm clock is black with two legs and yellow beak !!!
We smallholders all work harder than the unlucky folk ."
Possibly you need to take charge of the situation RTB. Can you not put out his food the night before and make it a self service buffet rather than waiter service?
I have placed the bird food location about 50 yards away , there is always feed for the morning , something available midday ish and the pre bed time snacks, its always worked well for
everyone else. for the last 30 odd years*.except this lad and his territorial predecessors.
*It was after our first couple of years here when we had Mother in Law staying on holiday in her campervan, she remarked on the early bird, I told her although a nice awakening just early .
At that time MiL ran a theatrical guest house and had a wide range of contacts , one evening the phone rang, she passed it to me and on the line was Pete Budd of the Wurzles and what did he sing ? Blackbird.