Hanging feeders can attract specific kinds of birds such as hummingbirds while woodpeckers and chickadees like feeders up high.
Make a bird feeder pole.
This image shows somebody using 1 copper pipe which seems to be holding the weight well but it is a soft metal and will kink easily so it is not suggested making the limbs more than 12 or 18 inches 30 5 or 45 7 cm long.
Drill holes into the pvc pipe so you can attach the bird feeder.
We used black pipes normally used for natural gas and or plumbing systems.
Use a shorter piece of pipe as the arm from which to hang the bird feeder.
A bird feeder pole has either a cylinder squirrel baffle or a cone squirrel.
Mount to bird feeder pole or hang from a hook.
Removable grid for use to keep larger birds from throwing seed on the ground remove grid when feeding squirrels and critters.
Today arthur and my dad made a bird feeder pole for our back yard.
Simply hammer a 7 to 10 foot pole into the ground and attach a t fitting to the top.
The goal of bird feeder poles should be to block squirrels and make squirrel proof bird feeders.
However as the bird feeder pole can become top heavy when you add the bird feeders i decided to attach the base to a round paving slab.
To be a good squirrel proof pole bird poles have squirrel baffles below to stop squirrels from climbing up the pole.
Prepare and add the actual limbs that you will hang the feeders or houses on.
Durable heavy duty metal construction with weather resistant finish.
Screw the pipe into the t fitting.
The pole system is based on several feeders my parents have all made by my dad.
A telescoping bird feeder pole allows you to keep the bird feeder away from predators such as cats while still making it easy to reach for cleaning and filling.
Bird feeder poles are essentially bird feeder stands.
Drill a hole about 1 inch from the end of the short piece of pipe.
How to easily make your own diy bird feeder pole from an inexpensive piece of emt pipe.
Match the holes on the pipe up with holes on the bird feeder but make the top hole at least 2 inches below the top of the pvc pipe so you can place a cap onto the pipe.
The hubs wasn t interested in having one he didn t want to spend on a feeder and food.
Birders know that birds get attracted to feeders placed at different heights.
The further out you want your feeders hung the less weight the pipe will bear.
To do this law of attraction having a good bird feeder pole will make your feeder stand out or noticeable.
I used a high speed metal drill to make holes in the base then used a concrete drill bit to put rawl plugs into the slab so that i could screw the base to the paving slab.
For this project we used.
I ve wanted a bird feeder for our back deck ever since we moved into the cottage so i could do some bird watching.
Mount with ground post for feeding squirrels critters and ground feeding birds.
First we all went to home depot to pick up the materials.