Bird feeder ideas

[JHurt]

So I have three bird feeders on shepherds hooks on the back deck that I feed nyjer seed in. Problem is that they are so close to the deck that the birds poop all over the deck, and the missus is tired of it. Anyone else have any kind of set up that would get it farther away from the deck? I'd like to see some pics if anyone has some neat set ups. Thanks in advance.

 

[2LaneCruzer]

I built this feeder myself; it is mounted on a piece of gas pipe and a squirrel baffle installed. The bottom of the pipe is screwed into an attachment designed to allow the pipe to be installed in a closet as a clothes rack. It has been there probably 20 years.

 

[/pine]

Sorry I don't have a pic...with a few galv. pipe fittings it is easy to make swing out feeders...

you need a couple of base plates (round flange with 4 screw holes and in the center 1/2" female pipe thread)

three 1/2" galv. street El's

a section of 1/2" galv. pipe threaded on both ends...

fit 2 of the street El's together then screw the male end into one of the base plates (about 2/3's of the threads) and the section of the pipe into other end (female)...put the third street El on the other end of the pipe facing up...

put the second base plate on the single street El

Screw the base plate with the two El's into a deck rail or post...This allows the pipe to swing 180*...

make a wooden feeder and fasten it to the base plate on the other end...

swing the pipe in to put seed in the feeder then swing it out away from the deck (I use 4' sections of pipe)

I'll try to take some pics and post them ASAP..

 

[JHurt]

Sorry I don't have a pic...with a few galv. pipe fittings it is easy to make swing out feeders...

you need a couple of base plates (round flange with 4 screw holes and in the center 1/2" female pipe thread)

three 1/2" galv. street El's

a section of 1/2" galv. pipe threaded on both ends...

fit 2 of the street El's together then screw the male end into one of the base plates (about 2/3's of the threads) and the section of the pipe into other end (female)...put the third street El on the other end of the pipe facing up...

put the second base plate on the single street El

Screw the base plate with the two El's into a deck rail or post...This allows the pipe to swing 180*...

make a wooden feeder and fasten it to the base plate on the other end...

swing the pipe in to put seed in the feeder then swing it out away from the deck (I use 4' sections of pipe)

I'll try to take some pics and post them ASAP..

This is kinda what I am thinking! If you get a chance to post some pics I'd appreciate it. Thanks.

 

[dodge man]

Our bird feeder is on a shepherds hook also. Ours just sticks in the ground. Can’t you just move it further from the deck?

 

[/pine]

Another option is strapping a short piece of pipe (inside diameter slightly larger than the shepherd's crook shaft) to the outside of a post or railing (put a cap on the bottom of the pipe...saw off the shepherd's crook and slide in down into the pipe...rotate it so the feeder hangs over the side...

 

[JHurt]

Our bird feeder is on a shepherds hook also. Ours just sticks in the ground. Can’t you just move it further from the deck?

I wouldn't be able to see it from the french doors in the back if I moved it. Our deck is about 10 ft off the ground.

 

[PILOON]

You can also hang a feeder off of a clothes line and haul it away from the house.

We did that once and it solved messy seed and droppings problem HOWEVER the raccoons would still reach by swinging hand over hand 'til they could grab the feeder.

SO, to solve the 'coon issue I strung a bunch of 1 inch plastic wheels on the clothes line.
It was funny as all getup to watch the 'coons claw out some 6-8 ft and their fingers would tire and they'd lose their grip and crash.

The plastic wheels were from those devices to render your fridge easy to pull away from walls.
LOL, as usual I don't trash things that might find a new usage.

Later once we'd thought we'd foolproofed the feeders we discovered that flying squirrels would simply glide in for a feed.

 

[JHurt]

Built these tonight. Need to grind down some crappy welds and paint them and I’ll see how they do!

 

[Zippo1]

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I built this feeder myself; it is mounted on a piece of gas pipe and a squirrel baffle installed. The bottom of the pipe is screwed into an attachment designed to allow the pipe to be installed in a closet as a clothes rack. It has been there probably 20 years.

Nice job. The problem I had with the bird feeders was that the birds were knocking seed onto the ground which was attracting rats and mice.