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Garden Bird Feeders For Your Backyard

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Backyard Bird Feeder Tips

Feeding birds can be an enjoyable, educational and entertaining year-round hobby. Depending upon the seed mix you choose and the types of birds that live in your area, bird feeding can be inexpensive and rewarding.

If you plan establish a new bird feeder, put it where birds can find it! Birds find new feeders by sight. Once one bird finds your bird feeder, other birds will take notice. A new feeder can be scary and it may take a week or more for birds to work up the courage to check it out. Once your feeder becomes active, observe it for a few weeks to gauge how often you will need to refill your feeder.

The location of your bird feeder is important. On the one hand, an open area can minimize incursions by squirrels. On the other hand, feeders in open areas make visiting birds vulnerable to attacks by flying predators like falcons, hawks and eagles. Keep this danger in mind when you're trying to find a location for your feeder.

Bird Feeders Squirrel Proof

This squirrel buster bird feeder is one of the best on the market

Brome 1024 Squirrel Buster Plus Wild Bird Feeder with Cardinal Perch Ring. This posigrip ring system has been specifically designed to attract cardinals. These perennial favorites have two very distinct features: small necks and big feet. They prefer gripping a thick textured perch and facing their food source directly. Cardinals dislike turning their heads to feed. The Squirrel Buster Plus Cardinal Ring perch system allows them to eat facing the seed while providing a secure and comfortable perch. These cardinalfriendly feeding features combined with a bush level location make Squirrel Buster Plus very inviting to cardinals. The seed ports close automatically when a squirrel climbs onto the feeder. Birdwatch America's Best New Product Award. Seed capacity: 3 quarts.
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Squirrel Buster Bird Feeders

The best bird feeders are anti squirrel bird feeders

The Squirrel Buster bird feeder will help to ward off many unwished-for birds and animals such as red and gray squirrels, grackles, starlings, and even doves. The unit is dishwasher safe so you can clean it between fillings and with a built to last construction and limited lifetime warranty you can continue to use this feeder for years yet to come. This is simply a great feeder that will allow you to attract the species of birds that you enjoy and ward off those birds and animals that you do not want to feed time and time again.

Window Bird Feeders

Window Bird Feeders Bring the Birds Up Close

Bring hummingbirds right to your window. The Droll Yankees WH2 Window Mount Hummer Feeder with Nectar Guard holds 6 ounces of nectar and features two ports with two complete sets of nectar guard tips. Nectar guards virtually eliminate insect contamination of the nectar while still allowing hummingbirds to feed. The cap is bright red to attract hummingbirds and has a nectar recipe engraved on it. The red filler cap has a 0.5 inch hole in it that can be aligned with the hole in the clear cleaning cover beneath it for quick and easy refills. Unscrew both caps for easy cleaning. Use the included port brush carefully to clean the ports and nectar guards. The feeder cover and basin are made of U.V. stabilized polycarbonate. The feeder may be mounted to your window with the included suction cups. Made in the U.S.A. Lifetime Guarantee.

Window Mounted Bird Feeder Choices

Just about every single style and variety of bird feeder can be found as a window feeder, including the classic tube-style feeder.

Window mounted bird feeders are a nice solution to the problem of being home or office bound. They allow a person to observe, up close, a wide variety of the local birds and it assists in keeping one's mind sharp with the process of identifying your feeder visitors.

Humming Bird Feeders

Hummingbird feeders come in many different styles and shapes. Some are beautifully hand blown glass bulbs that enhance the charm of any backyard.

Driftwood Hummingbird Feeder
Price: $42.99

One of a kind genuine driftwood bolsters 3 individual glass feeder bowls for your garden hummers! Each feeding station features a fired red copper flower (with plastic bee guard) which easily lifts out - simply fill with liquid and replace the flower! Bowls are sturdy glass, secured to the driftwood with thick copper and decorated with copper leaves and swirling copper tendrils; Attractive to hummingbirds and humans alike! Colored copper leaves and flowers are fired with translucent finishes for long lasting durability.
Each glass bowl holds 4 oz. of liquid (creating a total capacity of 12 oz). All metal portions are designed and handmade in Tennessee.

Please note: Each hanging hummingbird feeder features natural, durable driftwood. No two pieces of driftwood will be alike.

Beautiful Hummingbird Feeders

Buying the right hummingbird feeder is essential to attracting a variety of these miniature migratory birds to your garden.

Avant Garden 8111-2 Violet Meadows Hummingbird Feeder

Hummingbirds must consume up to 50 percent of their body weight in nectar each day. This lovely glass feeder will draw these diminutive, jewel-like creatures to your yard or garden, plus help keep those tiny wings beating at their remarkable rate. Hand-painted violet blooms adorn an 8-ounce, glass nectar chamber, while a copper base cover features four, bee-resistant feeding flowers in red--the color proven to attract hummingbirds.

A hummingbird feeder has to be clean; otherwise the bird will not feed. It should be colorful - preferably red and orange with red ribbons trailing off the feeder so it can be easily spotted by the humming bird. There are a couple of different types of hummingbird feeders. The dish type has a perch and allows a good view of the way a hummingbird feeds. The gravity fed bottle style feeder has no perch that eliminates the problem of other pests landing on it to feed.

Tube Bird Feeder

The tube bird feeders usually discourage competing animals such as the squirrels.

Perky Pet 110 Evenseed Silo Feeder, Assembled, 3 lb capacity

The Perky Pet 110 Evenseed Silo Feeder holds three lbs. of seed, has six feeding stations, the EVENFEED system (three independent seed compartments so ports stay active longer and attract more and different birds). Comes fully assembled. The innovative design of this feeder provides a unique option within the industry. The tower style with three separate seed bays adds to the endless bevy of options Perky-Pet continues to provide the birding public-keeping squirrels out and letting birds in! The clear, shatter-proof plastic reservoir makes it easy to monitor seed levels. Remember to clean your feeder once every two weeks with mild soap and water solution. Perky-Pet is your `one source for all bird feeding needs. We offer the finest quality in wild bird feeding products and accessories. Perky-Pet Wild Bird Feeder models lure the bird in pursuit of seed providing you with hours of joy as random wild birds flock to feed at your house.

The Advantage of Tube Bird Feeders

Tube feeders attract birds such as the titmice, chickadees, woodpeckers, finches and nuthatches.

The tube bird feeders are long and cylindrical in shape. It also has perches on its feeding ports. It is one of the most popular bird feeders and they usually come in upside down or seed tray models.

Garden Bird Feeder

Buy Decorative Garden Bird Feeders

Homestead 3201S Super Stop A Squirrel Wild Bird Feeder

No beaks, no feathers, no service. This birdfeeder reserves the right to refuse seed to pesky squirrels for uninhibited bird-watching all year round. The Homestead 3201S Super Stop A Squirrel Wild Bird Feeder is equipped with spring-activated ports that close under the weight of squirrels and large, uninvited birds. The feeder is designed with a heavy duty steel hanger for optimal stability, which is important considering this unit's 11-pound (2-gallon) seed capacity. The unit mounts to a 1/-1/4-inch pole with the included mounting clip (pole not included). The feeder can also be post- or tree-mounted with mounting hardware included. A large seed window shows seed levels for timely refills. A removable seed bin means easy filling. Side/storm panels shield birds from wind, rain, and snow as they dine. Made of heavy-duty, rust resistant galvanized steel, this feeder is built to last. A durable forest green finish blends with the trees.

Choose the Best Bird Feeders

The most fulfilling thing for many bird keepers is to have the best garden bird feeder

A bird feeder which you won't have to worry or keep an eye on to keep away squirrels and other animals targeting the bird's food. One which will be able to attract as many birds to your garden as possible and one which will give a good viewing of how the birds are feeding and to know the level of the bird's feed. To be able to attract and keep many birds in your garden you require a well designed bird feeder, one which will make the birds enjoy visiting your garden. The bird feeder should be able to hold a sizable amount of the bird's feed. It should have many perches for the birds.

Do you live where you can have a bird feeder?

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Pastiche Mar 16, 2010 @ 12:01 pm | delete

We have bird feeders all over our yard. I have one outside each of my office windows and am fortunate to be able to enjoy these winged friends all year long. Lensolling to my Bird Photographs lens ... and thinking I might need a new hummer feeder this year.

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Susiq2 Feb 2, 2010 @ 3:04 pm | delete

I love bird feeders, and have 2 simple ones. Alas, this house & my previous house are situated where I can only stand at the kitchen window and look way out in the yard to see the birds and feeders. No comfy chair by a big picture window to watch them and sip coffee. But, less mess close to the house, too!

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rtyndall Feb 2, 2010 @ 5:33 pm | delete

What you could do is get a window mounted feeder. Then you could watch them as you have your coffee. I don't think there would be much mess, they tend to eat all the seeds, especially if you let the feeder go empty before filling it again. I think one of the humming bird feeders that suction to the window would be great, assuming there are humming birds around.

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archetekt Feb 2, 2010 @ 2:02 pm | delete

Yes, I put one in my front yard on top of a stump that I left about 5 1/2 feet high for that purpose. Now I'm tempted to remove the stump and plant a blueberry bush. I'd put the bird feeder somewhere else then.

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Karla_Deacon Feb 2, 2010 @ 12:43 pm | delete

I do...but I live on a horse farm so thee is already food EVERWHERE! It would be nice to put one on my deck though.

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rtyndall Feb 2, 2010 @ 12:09 pm | delete

A horse farm would be great. I don't know if you have hummingbirds, but a hummingbird feeder would be great close to the deck. I am always fascinated by them and there is such a great variety.