I made a bird feeder last year and my wife said it was too small so I made this larger one that hold about 15X the amount of bird feed. It is made from 7/8" ceder that came from 100 yr old telephone poles. The sawyer said the logs/poles had 85 rings on them. I put a diverter in the center on the bottom so there is no feed laying is a dead spot in the center of the feeder- it drives it all to the slots on the bottom of Lexan panels. I was going to put magnets to hold the top on but I think it is heavy enough not to move in a wind storm. In the feed area a I put aluminum screen wire and drain holes in the bottom of the pockets under the screen to let the moisture drain out if it gets wet. All the fastener are stainless and it has no finish. I want it to weather naturally and turn gray. The whole thing is screwed and doweled together so it can be totally disassembled and parts can be remade if necessary. Squirrels can access it from the tree and they can be real destructive on feeders
Cheers, Jim ........................ Variety is the spice of life...............Learn something new every day
Hope the birds don't eat as fast as I can scroll... a quick (even slow) turn of the middle mouse button and the feeder was empty... hell, at that rate you'll go broke in days.
And when SWMBO chastises you for whatever, and you wanna take revenge, piss the birds off by blocking the feeder and they can see what they can't get at.
If your first cut is too short... Take the second cut from the longer end... LBD
Nicely engineered Jim! I made one with similar functions but had a screen for the base instead of your sub floor with the drains. Straight plexy with the center diverter is also A+
Bad thing is it'll run dry just as fast as your previous version. There is no sating the feathered hordes. I see drill holes center top on the sides. Was that where your magnets would have been?
Sorry to be the PITA guys, but it's obvious you don't have birds nesting in your eaves that fight 24 x 7 and crap everywhere... utherwise you'd be filling it with ratsack.
If your first cut is too short... Take the second cut from the longer end... LBD
i tried the bird feeder thing several years ago.........................never fricken again !!!! seed went everywhere and then the seed bloomed into a bunch of grasses that i did not want. the birds fought and 💩 everywhere !!! i agree with the duck, oh hell no never again ! they can find their own damn food !
working with my hands is a joy,it gives me a sense of fulfillment,somthing so many seek and so few find.-SAM MALOOF.
Pottz ....!!! i agree with the duck, oh hell no never again ! they can find their own damn food !
I still feed them... tasty breadcrumbs over the feuding neighbour's fence. Everyone seems to love my home made multi-grain bread... wouldn't be surprised if neighbour occasionally snuck out at night and pinched some of the bird bait.
If your first cut is too short... Take the second cut from the longer end... LBD
Very nice bird feeder and I hope it attracts lots of birds.
We feed the birds with seed, oranges, grape jelly, sugar water, suet, etc. We get a wide range of birds including several different Woodpeckers. Today, the Red Bellied Woodpecker was eating the oranges we put out for the Oriole.
Thanks Birdseye49!!My neighbor puts out fruit and jelly and get orioles there all the time.
We have a rod that looks like a metal cornstalk and we put ears of dried corn on it all the time. The bluejays can clean an ear in 30 minutes. We have had squirrels and ducks cleaning them as well.
Cheers, Jim
Cheers, Jim ........................ Variety is the spice of life...............Learn something new every day
Jim Jakosh ..... We have a rod that looks like a metal cornstalk and we put ears of dried corn on it all the time. The bluejays can clean an ear in 30 minutes. We have had squirrels and ducks cleaning them as well.
Thanks for the tip JJ, noting I like more than cleaning up, and before you bird lovers start up a, I'm doing a service as when it comes to my backyard/concrete/house/car covered in birdshit everywhere, the neighbour has 7 cats which translates to many dead birds fertilising my "weeds".
If your first cut is too short... Take the second cut from the longer end... LBD
Coyotes do not last long in my neighbourhood either due to our Tasmanian Devil population... Thank the gods those feral cats were eradicated before our continent split and those Devils squatted on Tasmania only.
If your first cut is too short... Take the second cut from the longer end... LBD
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