 Bird
Feeders
The more feeders and nest boxes you have the
more birds you will have in your yard. You can get
numerous styles of both in a wide price range.
The cheaper wood feeders held together with
staples will fall apart. Squirrels also tend to eat
these. Good quality feeders are held together with
screws and are often made with kiln dried cedar or pine.
It is a good idea to consider how easy a
feeder is to fill or clean.
Many people like to make their own.
Below is a simple plan for a basic
hopper feeder.
Platform feeders
Birds like the openness of platform feeders
but the food will get scattered easily so it doesn't last as
long. The can also be messy.
just about any flat object such as piece of
plywood can be used. You can easily add raised sides to
it to make a tray. Make it into a fly through feeder by
attaching a roof to it. Put the feeder on a pole or hang it
in a tree.
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If you are good with tools here is a nice
covered tray design. |
Basic Hopper
Feeder
The food lasts longer and there is less mess with a hopper
feeder. Here is a plan for a basic hopper feeder.
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Attach the top and to the back so the
top raises for adding food. Get an eye hook for
the top to hang or put the feeder on a pole.
The sheet of plastic slides into the grooves and
rests on the baseboards. |
If you add a perch you will attract larger birds.
Suet Feeder
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Here is a simple suet feeder.
Woodpeckers Chickadees and Nuthatches are just a few
of the insect eating birds attracted to suet.
See Food and
Feeding for more information on suet and
other food.
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Other types of popular feeders are wire mesh or tube
feeders. Tube feeders are good for smaller birds like
Finches or Sparrows. The wire mesh is good for peanuts and
will attract birds like Woodpeckers, Blue jays and
Chickadees.
You can see a good selection of feeders
in The Nature Store.
Hummingbird Feeders
There are many feeder designs specifically for these
fascination little birds. Visit out Hummingbird Feeders
page.
For information on food and feeding birds see Food and Feeding
The
Birds Shop has special bird seed and suet cakes.
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