Squirrel, Bear, and Raccoon proof bird feeders

A quick view of the action at the bird feeders.

Category:

Pets & Animals

Tags:

• Bird
• Feeding
• Watching
• Nature
• Wildlife

[Legostuff74]

How do you refill the feeders?

[MightyChikadee]

With a tall ladder

[clarenancy]

I don't see a mechanism that prevents the squirrels form climbing up. What makes it squirrel proof?

[MightyChikadee]

Partially due to the diameter of the pole, but also the squirrels and raccoons don't like to climb past the sheetmetal mounted at the top of the pole.

[single231980]

Did you custom make that bird feeder stand?

[MightyChikadee]

Yes we did. It took a lot of trial and error to get it right. About 4 years worth!!

Have a great day. :)

[NancyToday]

Such a happy little feeding area!

[wrestlingfan4ever76]

@MightyChikadee LOL, funny answer.  LOL :D

[MUTSthumbsaver]

Get an Ikea tapered plastic wastebasket and drill a hole in the bottom to equal the pipe diameter holding your feeder platform . Slide it upside down under your feeder and form a stop for the basket (bolt through pipe, or many layers of duct tape). Racoons or squirrels are flummoxed by this as the can't reach around and crawl inside the basket.

[emopuppy123456789]

nice

[sewwthere]

excellent

[dmjokinen]

feelin a little sea sick from all the camera movement

[Shareallicu]

Nice setup :)

[jtropic26]

Now that's impressive! Can you make one for me? Seriously, very nice station...looks like you draw a large amount of birds also. Kudos for helping them survive the winter!!