Easy Bird Feeder Hangers

Use flag-holder brackets, paint bucket hooks, and conduit/tubing to make it easy to hang your bird feeders where they're visible but still safe from the neighborhood cats.

Step 1: Gather materials and tools

You'll need:
- A flag-holder bracket with screws, usually less than $5 at the hardware store
- A paint bucket hook, check the paint section of the hardware store. These are made to hold a paint bucket on a ladder
- A piece of electrial conduit tubing, 4 feet or less (don't try to go more, you'll probably end up levering out the bracket if you do) - if you're intimidated by trying to cut a regular 8' piece, you can often find pre-cut 4' pieces at the hardware store.
- Drill
- Sharpie or pencil to mark holes
- Bird feeder
- Oh yes, a screwdriver

Comments

[hgkjggjgjhg]

thats pretty neat

[xenobiologista]

The search for a squirrel-proof bird feeder design is kinda like the search for a perpetual motion machine. Some fools still think it's possible...muahahaha. American gray squirrels are evil with a tail.

[samando]

well it is possible .....in AUSTRALIA!MUAHAHAHAHAHAHAH

[noth(a)nk.you]

I saw a great idea on vacation in Michigan. These folks suspended their bird-feeder on a rope/wire/cable between two tall trees. The catch was 2L soda bottles on the rope off to either side of the feeder. Probably not insurmountable for a craftier/braver squirrel, but it's definitely a jump I wouldn't make! I applied the same technique outside my house in AK with a feeder hanging straight down from a branch. Now if I can just stop the messy birds from throwing seed to the ground!

[samando]

i want to know how to make a good cheap easy-to-make bird feder ......got any ideas?

[terrie]

Hi samando -
here's some places to start:
http://www.makezine.com/blog/archive/2007/01/make_a_birdfeed.html
http://www.lowes.com/lowes/lkn?action=howTo&p=Build/ScrapsForTheBirds.html
http://www.dfw.state.or.us/store/diy/milk_carton/milk_carton.pdf

-t

[samando]

thanx for them! they're really good!

[everdan2]

I just signed up & logged on and saw this. I must say, what a fantastic idea! That's on my top 10 to do list for the next couple of days if it will ever stop RAINING!!! Kudos to Terri!! Dani in TX

[Delta Dave]

Great idea for all these left over flag holder...the holder tend to out live the life of the flags, so I wind up with oodles of flag holder that otherwise go into the scrap heap. Now if you could just come up with a squirrel proof bird feeder ....

[poetslife]

This is pure genius. Birds need protection from predators...especially cats. By putting this feeder so far off the ground it makes it almost impossible for a cat to eat them. Also, feeders are often on branches which cats can climb and use as cover to attack. I have about 14 eastern blue birds my back yard and get visits from cedar wax wings, blue jays, cardinals, downy wood peckers, red-tailed hawks, juncos and others. Your feeder gives them food and protection from predators. Good work! I know an artist who recycles old barn materials and shovels for bird houses, which feed and protect them, but not as well as your feeder does.