I can't find out how to attach the metal seed apron to my bird cage.
can you help please?
any chance you could send me a photo of the cage I have built over 100 of them and the chances are I have seen your type of cage you could send it to jerrybass07@yahoo.com
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Q: Because squirrels, rabbits and chipmunks boldly overran my backyard, I took in all bird feeders, except the hummingbird and suet cake feeders. Definitely, those bold varmints rarely visit my yard. However, I mistake the lovely feathered creatures. Is there something to ward off invasion by rabbits, squirrels and chipmunks while keeping bird feeders year about? Sandy Holoka, Camp Hill.
A: Rabbits are the easiest of the your three puzzle critters to thwart at bird feeders. A seed catcher, which looks like an oversized saucer and hangs beneath your feeders, will block most of the seed knocked out of the feeders by feeding birds from reaching the train. And, rabbits will not attempt to reach feeders more than a couple feet off the inform.
Chipmunk will prove a bit more tenacious in their quest for your seed. A baffle, which is very much like an inverted seed catcher, hanging under each feeder should be enough to hold off those small rodents.
Bird feeding is a decidedly easy hobby, but it's not free of potential pitfalls or problems. Below are a couple of the more common problems new bird feeding hobbyists may encounter and some simple remedies for fixing or avoiding these situations. Feel free to share your solutions to these and other situations in the comment section below. Its true. Birds are not neat or clean eaters. One of the inevitable situations many bird feeding stations develop is the "mess" the birds make under or around the bird feeders. Most of the mess consists of seed shells, spilled seed and some bird droppings. Depending on the location of your bird feeders, this mess may be tolerable and managed with little effort. If the aforementioned mess is present in any quantity on your deck or patio, it may be a bit of an issue. Frequent cleaning of these areas is necessary to improve appearance and stop the mess from coming indoors on your or your pet's feet. A simple solution is to place feeders in the lawn or a flower or garden bed where the appearance of shelled seeds and bird droppings is unlikely to be noticed. These areas will still need to be periodically "cleaned", but it requires far less attention and effort to do so as a simple raking or mowing under the feeders is usually enough to disburse any accumulation of waste material under the feeders. If snow is present throughout the winter, shoveling clean snow on top of the waste material is quick fix for covering up the mess until a thorough cleaning can be accomplished. If there is an abundance of spilled seed under the feeder, be sure that you are filling your feeders with the appropriate seed. Remember...hanging or elevated feeders work best with one seed type, usually black-oil sunflower. Seed mixes in these feeders often result in an extraordinary mess from the birds sifting through the seed mix to get to their favorite seed type. ...
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