<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="color:rgb(51,51,153);font-family:comic sans ms,sans-serif;font-size:small">aha! </div><div class="gmail_default" style="color:rgb(51,51,153);font-family:comic sans ms,sans-serif;font-size:small">I double you on USPSI. While we don't have the problem of having a hard surface area, I am wanting something like this, with the option of installing around it some kind of surface, because all of that seed kills any grass beneath it anyway and ends up looking a mess and we can't get all the old seed up easily. I worry about molding and such. This could be a solution, and allow us to clean up old wet seed from beneath...</div><div class="gmail_default" style="color:rgb(51,51,153);font-family:comic sans ms,sans-serif;font-size:small"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="color:rgb(51,51,153);font-family:comic sans ms,sans-serif;font-size:small"></div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br clear="all"><div><div class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div>- Pamela <br>Never give up on a dream just because of the length of time it will take to accomplish it. The time will pass anyway. - Unknown</div><div><br></div><div>“There are some who can live without wild things and some who cannot.” <br>― Aldo Leopold </div><div>I am one who cannot. </div></div></div></div></div></div>
<br><div class="gmail_quote">On Sun, Apr 22, 2018 at 8:10 PM, Brian and Cindy via Mnbird <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:mnbird@lists.mnbird.net" target="_blank">mnbird@lists.mnbird.net</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">I put up my summer feeder today--after a year of 'beta test' I can suggest to anyone who is looking for an oddball feeder that this will actually work.<br>
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After we put in a patio a couple of years back I lost my spot to have a feeder post in the back yard where we could view the birds best (the bathroom window, but that is another story...) One day, on an inspiration, I purchased a feeder pole and ground spike at our local pet supply store, and a platform feeder with a pole adapter. We had a heavy metal patio umbrella stand that we were no longer using, and I set up the feeder pole on the patio in the umbrella stand. The ground spike gives you the extra width to use the umbrella base screw to secure the post best.<br>
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Since we exceed the USPSI (urban squirrel per square inch) I also attached a baffle cone to the post, and one extension hook for a hanging feeder. As long as the second feeder remains above the baffle, it is also somewhat squirrel proof. Think short finch sock vs long finch sock. One industrious squirrel figured out that it could climb my umbrella clothesline and leap, but since the feeder was more or less portable I simply moved it and got it out of reach. Since I'm a shortie, I need to stand on a small step to fill the feeder, but that is okay.<br>
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That feeder post withstood all of the weather we threw at it last summer, and remained standing. It is a great idea for anyone looking to put a feeder on a deck or paved area that they weren't sure they could use for bird feeding in the past.<br>
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I hope that this suggestion can help someone else--regards, Cindy in North Mankato<br>
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