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Hanging Your Bird Feeder

Bird Feeding Tips

 

Do you want to know how to attract birds to your yard? You most likely want a bird feeder and seed, but do you know where or how to hang the bird feeder and how to take care of the bird feeder?


Another method for attracting birds is through the inclusion of bird baths and bird houses in your yard. These products may attract birds that do not eat at bird feeders, otherwise you may not see them in your yard at all!

 

 

 


 Here are a few things to review before filling a nectar feeder:

           1.   Check to make sure the base compartments are securely
                 tightened
           2.   Push container into base to close ports to prevent leakage
           3.  Unscrew to cap to fill with nectar
           4.  Screw cap back on securely to form an airtight seal. 
           5.  We recommend keeping the feeder in the closed position until
                you get to the spot where you want to hang it.
           6.  To open nectar reservoir - hold base with one hand and pull up
                on the container with the other to open ports for feeding.
           7.  Your feeder is now ready.


Hanging Your Bird Feeder

 

Ideally a sheltered southeastern exposure location is best for hanging a bird feeder since birds like to feed in the sun and out of the wind. Birds also prefer not to have any obstructions over their feeding areHanging Your Bird Feedera so they can see any predators.

 

If this is the first time you have a bird feeder in your yard, you may have to wait several weeks for birds to discover it. It may help if you put a shiny pie pan with some seed in it underneath the bird feeder to attract birds flying through your yard. Black oil sunflower seeds are a favorite among most birds. Water is also a natural attractant.

Hang your bird feeder away from trees, bushes, fences or buildings. Squirrels and other predators may climb or jump onto the bird feeder. If you must hang the bird feeder on a tree, keep it at least six feet from the trunk or the tree limbs.

 

Add a squirrel baffle over the bird feeder to prevent squirrels from climbing down the wire used to hang the bird feeder. If you decide to use a freeHanging Your Hummingbird Feeder standing pole, it should be 5' high and 10' from the nearest tree.


Hummingbird feeders should be hung out of direct sunlight, since the sun can spoil the nectar.  Hummingbird feeders should be hung away from windy areas and out of reach of cats.

 

You may also want to place the hummingbird feeder in and around trumpeting flowers. This will help attract more birds to your hummingbird feeder.

 


 

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