If you are an avid bird watcher, no doubt you have placed a bird feeder in your yard so you can watch the antics of your favorite birds as they come to eat at the feeder. However, it can be very frustrating to put up a bird feeder to entice your favorite birds only to discover that pesky squirrels are eating all the food and chasing the birds away. Bird lovers often try a variety of methods to keep squirrels out of their feeders such as placing mothballs in the vicinity. Unfortunately, these home-made methods are usually unattractive and ineffective. Squirrel proof bird feeders are the better solution.
Whether it is winter or summer, remember that seed-eating birds and squirrels are competing with each other for food. If you want to attract birds to your feeder, you need to find an effective way to prevent any squirrels in the area from stealing the food that is intended for birds. Squirrels are very agile and persistent. When they find that you are providing a source of food, they will stay at the feeding station until they have eaten every last bit of seed you have provided. Not only do the squirrels take the food meant for birds, they can be very aggressive and actually attack any birds that come to the feeder. We offer economical, long-lasting and ingenious bird feeders that will allow you to feed the birds you want to attract while keeping squirrels away from the seeds.
The Squirrel Buster Plus from Brome Bird Care has a very practical design that lets you feed your favorite birds while preventing the squirrels from taking their food. As soon as a squirrel lands on the feeder perch, the weight of the squirrel closes the seed ports of the feeder so the squirrel has no access to the seeds inside. When the squirrel jumps off the Squirrel Buster Plus, the seed ports open up again and the birds can feed happily. This bird feeder can easily be adjusted if you want to exclude larger birds such as grackles from your feeder. If you want to feed larger birds as well as smaller birds, you can adjust the setting to allow them to feed. The Squirrel Buster Plus can safely be cleaned in the dishwasher and it has a life time warranty.
Squirrels have very strong front teeth designed for gnawing and they can chew through many durable materials such as wood and most plastic. Finding the right material to construct a bird feeder that squirrels cannot chew is a challenge. The Yankee Tipper 360 Degree bird feeder from Droll Yankees, Inc. is ideal for feeding ground-feeding birds and song birds. This bird feeder has four seed ports and a clear barrel that can hold up to five pounds of seed. If a squirrel tries to get at the seeds, the weight of the squirrel makes the feeder bottom tip until the squirrel harmlessly falls to the ground. This hanging feeder is made with clear, tough plastic and metal parts that cannot be chewed by squirrels.
