PLATFORM BIRD FEEDER ON POLE PLUS

Platform bird feeders are good for cleaning and maintaining, but that benefit is outweighed on other options a little because this type can get more mucky, far sooner. Unlike hanging bird feeders that see birds poop onto the ground below it, a platform feeder is more prone to poop because birds can freely walk over the food. In the process of cleaning a platform feeder to keep it in good shape, bacteria and nasty growth needs to be prevented before it happens, as to stop birds getting ill. To not clean a platform feeder on a regular basis is no big deal, as any build up of stubborn leftover bird feed can be lifted up with a wallpaper scraper. Platform bird feeders are easy to maintain over the course of its use, and if you were to thoroughly clean it with hot soapy water two to three times a week only the wood stain or paint will wear - rather than seeing the beautiful cedar wood platform area decline. Its therefore possible to clean a platform feeder with no fuss or time wasted. Unlike the need to clean and maintain classic hanging bird feeders that hold seeds or peanuts, a platform feeder only needs the platform section cleaned. In time you can separate the bird feed into their own corner, while using more or less feed depending on one of the many birds a platform bird feeder is open to, and is currently attracting to it.

PLATFORM BIRD FEEDER ON POLE PLUS

While not idea for holding fruit or bird food that can roll or blow in the wind scattered seed mixes plus peanuts in and out of their shell can create a platform area attracted to all birds, whatever their diet might be.īirds do not always use the platform feeder rim to perch to feed, but instead often prefer to walk over the food, pecking at feed that applies to their dietary needs. Platform feeders make use of a large flat platform that can just about hold anything.

Platform bird feeders are not only compatible with the less agile, large common birds, but this kind of feeder is open to all bird food imaginable.Īnd that goes for experimenting with fruits, different kinds of seeds and whole peanuts.īenefits to that is while trying new bird food for wild birds, there's no need to create a mess on the ground, all while inviting vermin and other pests. Robins, Bluebirds and Chickadees can use small, harder to use seed feeders, but to throw seeds on a platform feeder would attract these fussy breeds and many more. Similarly, wild birds not accustom to using bird feeders very often, but sometimes do, will be happy to perch on the rim of a platform feeder to eat their favorite feed, if the food is indeed present on the flat platform when in use. On top of that, birds commonly seen at smaller, more restricting hanging bird feeders such as American Goldfinches and Titmice are seen to use a platform feeder. Platform bird feeders are good for accommodating larger Northern Cardinals to Blue Jays, and everything in-between. No restrictions in a roof, chains for hanging in many cases, nor is a platform feeder so small, its only made compatible with more agile birds in the yard. Not always a good thing mind because who only wants to attract Crows or Pigeons but for attracting friendly, happy songbirds you want to feed in your yard - a platform bird feeder can only be a good thing. There are simply no species of birds a platform bird feeder can't apply to, as this kind of bird feeder is open to all common backyard birds, of any size or shape. Unfortunately, that also means attracting crows or pigeons which most of us would like to avoid at all costs. Personally, and as referred to in the following, I would only use a pole mounted platform bird feeder to invite as many birds as possible, without restrictions in place. If not a ground bird feeder can be just as successful but a hanging platform feeder is to be considered to hang off a tree branch. Most popular kind of platform feeder is one mounted on a pole but is open to the elements. What a platform feeder is intended for, is to offer you a place to feed birds in a fun but tidy manner - so no more throwing seeds over the lawn. Heavy duty platform feeders in the mounted on a post style are the best ones to buy, because the heavier it is, the less likely it will be prone to toppling over in the wind.

Height of a platform feeder isn't important, but make sure there's up to four legs for proper balance. You can't go wrong with a platform bird feeder, as the design is basically a flat, wide sheet of wood mounted on top of a pole, or hanging off chains on a bracket.Ĭonsider the best platform bird feeders to be ones measuring up to 3-4 feet tall off the ground, made in cedar wood with gaps in the corners for moisture to escape.

Platform bird feeder on pole