I love using my Cedar Works Scoop n’ Funnel for putting bird seed into my bird feeders. This device offers two methods of putting bird seed into a feeder. One method is to close the valve shut, dip the scoop into the bag of bird seed and then dump the contents into the bird feeder. Most feeders have a rather small opening at the top and his funnel bottom fits perfectly. I never use the scoop method but rather put…
A near perfect bird feeder is Gardeners Globe Cage Feeder and Mixed Seed Globe Cage Feeder. The problem with these feeders is they only let small birds enter. Another problem is that California squirrels apparently are very intelligent. “My” squirrels can unscrew the lid and get to the inside top of the feeder.
I really have no idea when or why I started to feed birds but I have not stopped since starting. It seems that in a lot of endeavors I try there crops up some element that tends to spoil the experience sometimes. For me it’s squirrels. I had no idea going into this hobby how much a squirrel can challenge my bird feeding efforts. I started putting my bird feeders in the back yard hung from a patio cover. The…
