Bird Feeders – Our new bird feeder posts

I made new bird feeder posts for Linda’s Serenity Garden. The older metal rod stands had been in place for several years and they had

served their purpose. It was time to make something that would hold more feeders and be more appealing to look at. I installed three 4″ x4″ treated wooden posts in the ground. I ordered three metal squirrel baffles from our website. I placed the squirrel baffles on the poles and then attached 4 wrought iron brackets on each post. I purchased the brackets at our local hardware store. I found that one squirrel proof feeder with a solid metal was too long and was hanging below the baffle. I was limited to only 6 foot height, which is the maximum that Linda can reach to take the feeders on and off the hooks. Since this feeder had a solid metal rod that hook over the hanger

I was able to put the rod up higher and Linda could still reach it since the feeder was long. I cut one of the hooks off of one of the metal poles with a metal blade in my saber saw. I then removed one wrought iron hanger from the pole. I drilled a 1/2 diameter hole in the top of the 4″x4″ post, put some Gorilla Glue in the hole and inserted the metal rod and hanger. The following day I took a key hole saw and cut the Gorilla Glue that had raised up above the hole flush with the top and hung the feeder. The feeders have been up for about 2 months now and they look great and have allowed us to add additional feeders that have been attracting more varieties of birds to our backyard.