Garden Decor Bird Feeders
A garden full of juicy fruits, and colorful flowers would add to the beauty of your backyard. But if you want to give a wild natural touch to the well-maintained man-made garden, garden decor bird feeders are an excellent way of attracting various exotic species of birds.
The garden decor bird feeders are easily available in bird feeder stores. You will get to select feeders from a collection of garden decor bird feeders decked with unique colors and designs. The following are the types of garden decor feeders for birds that are generally hung up in the gardens to attract birds of various species.
Types of Garden decor Bird Feeders
- The feeders for birds can be in the shape of tubes or cylinders. This type of feeder has usually more than one feeding port. The perching stands are attached to the ports. The tube feeders contain a wide variety of seeds attracting different types of seed-eating birds. The feeders are often damaged by squirrels who try to devour the seeds filled inside the feeders. To keep the seeds intact for feeding birds this type of feeder often have a spring system attacked to each of the feeding ports. The moment the squirrels sit on the perching stands due to the heavy weight the port opening shuts down.
- Hummingbird feeders are usually painted with bright colors to attract birds. They are built in such a way that the birds with the long bills can easily feed on the sweet syrup. The syrup is generally a mixture of simple sugar and water.
- Platform feeders are usually created for the hoppers. The birds that prefer to stand while feeding would be attracted by the platform bird feeders. To allow the birds to stand this type of feeder is usually constructed with a small ledge around the feeding port.
- Suet feeders are for slightly large birds. The birds like jays, mockingbirds, and even woodpeckers would prefer this kind of feeder. They are generally the shape of a cage and are specially designed to hold the suet blocks. Garden decor bird feeders are excellent sources of food for birds but these are often damaged by the intrusion of squirrels. To keep the feeders away from the clutches of the squirrels you may hang them at a certain height that may not allow the rodent to reach the feeder. Hanging the feeders with rods made up of wrought iron can be a good idea. You may also try it out by cutting the bottom of a 5 ml plastic bottle and fixing it along the post to discourage the squirrels to climb up to the feeder.
You can purchase a garden decor bird feeder that has easy refilling provisions. In case you have bought a wood garden feeder, be sure of the feeder is not made up of lumber wood. Lumber woods may turn out to be toxic during the wet seasons. Do not remove the feeder until the winter season has passed. Food during winter becomes scarce and hence, the garden decor bird feeders would be good feeding ports for many local birds.
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