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

xxiangel asked:


I have just bought a bird feeder from Menards, and I put it in my tree that is right by my back porch. It has been 2 days, and I have not seen the birds eat from it at all! Is it because they do not know its there or do they not like the food (Wild Cardinal food) ? How can I get the little ones to know it is there?

Corey

joel_wwh94 asked:


how to build a simple humming bird feeder using simple items

Brian

lucky asked:


I bought a bird feeder. I hung it on my back porch and filled it
with seed. Within a week we had hundreds of birds taking advantage of the continuous flow of free and easily accessible food. But then the birds started building nests in the boards of the patio, above the table, and next to the barbecue. Then came the poop. It was everywhere: on the patio tile, the chairs, the table… everywhere. Then some of the birds turned mean: They would dive bomb me and try to peck me even though I had fed them out of my own pocket. And others birds were boisterous and loud: They sat on the feeder and squawked and screamed at all hours of the day and night and demanded
that I fill it when it got low on food. After a while, I couldn’t even sit on my own back porch anymore.I took down the bird feeder and in three days the birds were gone. I cleaned up their mess and took down the many nests they had built all over the patio. Soon, the back yard was like it used to be…quiet, serene
and no one demanding their rights to a free meal.

Now lets see…our government gives out free food, subsidized housing, free medical care, free education and allows anyone born here to be a automatic citizen. Then the illegals came by the tens of thousands. Suddenly our taxes went up to pay for free services; small
apartments are housing 5 families: you have to wait 6 hours to be seen by an emergency room doctor: your child’s 2nd grade class is behind other schools because over half the class doesn’t speak English: Corn
Flakes now come in a bilingual box; I have to press “one” to hear my bank talk to me in English, and people waving flags other than “Old Glory” are squawking and screaming in the streets, demanding more rights
and free liberties. Maybe it’s time for the government to take down the bird feeder.

What do you think?

Peggy