Bird Feeders

Jetgirly asked:


I live in a university residence building (apartment-style). There is a tree outside my apartment, approximately four meters from the wall of my building. I would like to hang an inexpensive bird feeder in the tree. In my old apartment (not school-owned) we were not allowed to hang bird feeders on our balconies because they apparently attracted rats. Do you think it would be safe to hang a feeder in a tree four meters from my building?

[I refuse to ask the residence services staff, because we don’t get along (we got in a fight when I moved in and found love letters and spilled alcohol inside my supposedly clean apartment, then again when they accidentally gave the keys to my storage locker to another student who then went through all of my stored belongings).]
My primary concern is attracting rodents or other unwanted pests to the building.

Carmen

kissy poo asked:


We put some wire caging around the tube-style bird feeder that allows the smaller birds to feed yet stops the larger birds from feeding, but the chipmunks get in and eat lots of bird seed. Any suggestions on how to stop chipmunks from using the tube bird feeder?

Bernard

sawbaca asked:


I read somewhere that people would make some sort of bird feeder ball with seeds/fat. Then hang them on their tree/xmas tree for the birds. One way to decorate xmas tree.

Hazel

O->–< asked:


I hate squirrels. I have a “squirrel-proof” bird feeder (the weight of the rodent closes the feeder) hanging from my gazebo that they still manage to get into. It doesn’t work. Short of a BB gun, how do keep them from eating all of my seed? Maybe a special kind of seed??

Oh yeah, squirrels are cute…until they tear up your yard!!

Lee

Knowledge fiend asked:


Birds will sometimes visit my fire escape, but only briefly. There is no place for me to hang a bird feeder that an enterprising rat couldn’t get to. Is there something that rats won’t eat (ha!) that birds like? Is there a design that will foil rats? Thanks!

Jean

johanna f asked:


A bird that has a longish beak, golden breast, sparrow looking wings with 2 white stripes is trying to drink from my hummingbird feeder.

Bertha

rlb407 asked:


A 170 N bird feeder is supported by three cables as shown in Figure P4.17. Find the tension in each cable.?
A 170 N bird feeder is supported by three cables as shown in Figure P4.17. Find the tension in each cable.

Figure P4.17 = http://i165.photobucket.com/albums/u78/RLB31384/p4-17.gif

a) right cable N
b) left cable N

Steve