Bird Watching: Placement of Bird Feeders, 2 by pollengarden

pollengarden wrote:
My kids had outgrown the sandbox so I had moved the bird-feeder into it. Sheltered against a Southeast facing wall it was sheltered and the birds liked it. The dogs did not deter the squirrels - once the squirrels found it, they would wait for the dogs to be inside and go to the feeder. The fact that I was feeding a mix with peanuts in it probably encouraged them. If the dogs spotted them out the window, they would rush out the dog door and chase them off - but they waited and returned.

Now I have a grandson and I am turning the sandbox back into a sandbox. I have moved the feeder outside the fence. The baffle keeps the squirrels off the feeder, but they still hang around underneath. The birds do not like this location so well - I think perhaps they just aren't used to it.

I do not know why the picture keeps flipping sideways - it looks fine before I load it.

This message was edited Apr 19, 2016 7:31 AM