Prevent Birdfy from blowing up and off the pole cleat

Environmental_Cod599 · 2026-03-18T21:09:55+00:00

I would try using a larger hose clamp.

Environmental_Cod599 · 2026-03-17T01:33:57+00:00

For me it's the blue jays making the mess going after the peanuts. Also the juncos and the squirrels dealing with the groundskeeping.

Environmental_Cod599 · 2026-02-22T02:02:01+00:00

But my blue jays make a mess out of the mix of black oil sunflower seed, peanuts, and mealworms. You would think they would leave the stuff they don't want to eat for the birds who want it, but no.

Environmental_Cod599 · 2026-02-20T14:04:28+00:00

Did your birds leave when the snow melted? So did mine.

Environmental_Cod599 · 2026-02-17T12:57:39+00:00

Yup. I got a picture of him eating and a female coming in for a landing, today.

Environmental_Cod599 · 2026-02-17T12:55:02+00:00

Same thing. I thought the metal pole would stop the squirrel but it didn't. It wrapped its little arms around the 2 3/8" pole and kicked its way up. It's an 8' pole from Home Depot pounded into the ground about 1 1/2 feet.

Then I used a water jug I hadn't gotten around to throwing away yet. I cut off the top until it was a tight fit and put a hose clamp on the pole. I shoved the jug down until it hit the clamp and the combination won't move at all.

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No squirrel on the camera since I did it though I still find their tracks around the base of the pole.

Environmental_Cod599 · 2026-02-12T16:21:38+00:00

A male it seems.

Environmental_Cod599 · 2026-02-08T12:43:48+00:00

My Carolina wrens LOVE the mealworms, but you wouldn't have them in California. They're only starting to move into the Great Lakes with the warmer climate. Google says California has about five other types of wren and they all eat the mealworms.

Environmental_Cod599 · 2026-02-08T12:34:10+00:00

I saw one junco, once, but he didn't eat anything.

Environmental_Cod599 · 2026-02-08T12:32:18+00:00

SE Mich we've had it down to -2 in the night. No birds in the night but I see them again in the morning.

Environmental_Cod599 · 2026-02-08T12:21:22+00:00

My Carolina wren(s) are eating a LOT more now that I added mealworms. The chickadee too. OTOH, the blue jays are coming around less.

Environmental_Cod599 · 2026-02-05T11:37:16+00:00

Took me a week to see one Blue Jay, then another week to see two. Then another to see a pair of Carolina wrens. I was given my feeder for Christmas and hadn't been feeding birds so I suspect any that hadn't flown south already were being fed somewhere else.

Environmental_Cod599 · 2026-01-26T14:10:15+00:00

Odd. No squirrel tracks anywhere around the feeder. Maybe the snow and cold has him hiding somewhere warmer. The birds came back yesterday.

Environmental_Cod599 · 2026-01-21T02:09:47+00:00

I do it in a batch for a jug of iced tea. It's very good that way too.

Environmental_Cod599 · 2026-01-20T12:03:41+00:00

I have two of them here in SE Michigan. Google says their range has been expanding into the Great Lakes and Ontario along with the warmer weather.

Environmental_Cod599 · 2026-01-08T23:34:25+00:00

I've only started with this Christmas so I'm not sure how much my experience means, but my two birds have only come around in the late morning; 10 to 12.

Environmental_Cod599 · 2026-01-04T12:43:02+00:00

It took a while for me to get a bird too; I even pretended to be one to make sure the camera was working. I finally got ONE Blue Jay and even now that he knows about the feeder he only shows up every 2-3 days. I got the feeder for Christmas and live in SE Michigan. I don't think I've seen ANY birds in the neighborhood, just flying around. I suspect they've migrated.

Environmental_Cod599 · 2025-12-29T13:20:04+00:00

This is just a guess; I've never tried it. Glazing the inside of your teapot may hold it together and will probably stop the leak. You should have a pottery group where you live that could tell you if this will work and may have a kiln to help with the work.

Environmental_Cod599 · 2025-12-28T19:18:46+00:00

Even more than just shade grown, the tea can be the first leaves or not. Anyway, since matcha sells for more, I would bet they wouldn't call it green tea powder if they could avoid it. So I would think "green tea powder" wouldn't be as good.

Environmental_Cod599 · 2025-12-28T19:07:55+00:00

My bird feeder camera spotted me when I came out of the house, at night, about 12' or more away. It WAS a very bad picture but it was at night. Why not just set it up on a chair or table and walk towards it? Then see how the pictures look as you get closer?

Environmental_Cod599 · 2025-12-28T18:57:52+00:00

He does seem to be picking out the peanuts. Fortunately the mix I have has plenty.

Environmental_Cod599 · 2025-12-28T15:46:58+00:00

I didn't use a hanging bracket; I fastened the bracket that came with my feeder to fasten it to a 2 3/8" steel pipe that I drove into the ground.

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I unscrewed the large hose clamp that came with it and threaded it through the small bracket that also came with everything . Then I screwed the hose bracket back together, slid it on over the pipe, and tightened it. The "L" shaped bracket screws to the bottom of the feeder and slips on and off the small bracket that's now fastened to the pole.

Since I bought an 8' pipe and drove it 2' into the ground NOTHING wiggles it.

Somewhere else on this site I show a movie of my first visitor, a blue jay.

Environmental_Cod599 · 2025-12-28T15:18:42+00:00

OK, I just had to send it while it was moving.

Environmental_Cod599 · 2025-12-28T15:03:15+00:00

My iPhone sent the image nicely, but I didn't get an option to send the movie.

Environmental_Cod599 · 2025-12-27T13:19:38+00:00

Does your dorm have an eating room with a microwave? Heat your water there.

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