If you can dig a little over 2 feet then you can use the whole 10 feet. That might not be necessary for you but I only have about 18 inches of soil before I hit rock so I need to cut the post. I used a jig saw to cut out the cross piece pattern at the end of the arms, and I used a chop saw to cut the post to 9 feet. A small amount of rust proof paint to paint the black pipe, this is optional but it rusts quite quickly.I think it is used as a air exhaust for dryers or kitchen fans. The dollar store has hooks for either plants or bird-feeders or garage organizing that would work just as well. I think they were originally light holders. She had put it on the side knowing that someone would like them. 2 decorative hooks I rescued from my neighbour's trash.3 1/2 inch deck screws and 12 short sheet metal screws, 6 1 inch screws, 6 heavy screw-in hooks or screw eyes with S hooks.2 pressure treated cross pieces 2 inches x 6 inches x 8 feet.I think the smaller lumber would work fine. I chose 4x4 rather than 2x4 because they look nicer. 2 pressure treated posts 4 inches x 4 inches x 10 feet, Cedar would have worked just as well but It's expensive here.Materials and Tools I used to make my bird feeder holder rack
In the end I decided to make another bird feeder holder and to place it away from tall trees and the house so that no one can jump onto it.
#DIY BIRD FEEDER PORTS HOW TO#
I figured out how to make my squirrel proof peanut butter feeder and the birds can. They can still reach the white bowl of jelly that I keep for the orioles though, and the platform feeder is fair game. The birds and squirrels can reach in and get a seed but the squirrels are too impatient to keep at it and after a short while they give up. They work quite well to discourage squirrels. Trying to curb their damage I set up a couple of meshed feeders. Many birds are lost each winter because of insufficient food during inclement weather, that if cared for would remain near neighbors in the summer to wage war upon insect pests.Įxcerpt from: Bird Houses Boys Can Build, by Albert F.Raccoons, opossums, skunks and other local wildlife can't go up the feeders. If it is possible to meet this need a great service is rendered.įinally, when the ground is snow-covered, many birds appreciate a supply of sand and finely ground poultry grit.
Suet, scraps of meat, and various vegetable scraps, such as celery, lettuce, apples, raisins, and the berries of various bushes, if they can be obtained, are relished.īluebirds seem fond of mealworms such as develop in old cereals.Īll birds require water and frequently suffer because this is not to be had.
#DIY BIRD FEEDER PORTS CRACKED#
However, every farmer finds a number of weed seeds upon cleaning his seed grain, which proves very acceptable to chickadees and blue jays.īread crusts or crumbs, crackers, and doughnuts may be placed in the food shelter with the knowledge that the birds will eat them.įor those of the city who would need to buy seeds, it will be just as well to get hemp, millet, canary seed, and sunflower seed, together with the small grains and cracked corn for foods. Seed-eating birds are readily attracted by the use of small grains such as oats and wheat. The kind of food placed there determines in time the kind of birds that will be found frequenting them.
Food shelters become centers of interest in proportion to the number of birds attracted to them.
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