okay so today what we're going to talk
about is feeding your birds and a bird
feeder that have found recently that I
think is interesting this is an Audubon
squirrel-proof feeder but this is
another Audubon feeder that holds 10
pounds of birdseed
it's all plastic and it's called the
Gazebo feeder and I'm going to show you
how to set it up so that you can protect
it look at the roofline compared to the
base of this rain we'll hit the bottom
of it it's a deluxe gazebo feeder it's
being sold by Audubon but it's actually
made by a company called wood link so
you may see it sold by other places now
this is the top that you open to put the
feed in it's actually too small in my
opinion it needs to be much larger
notice also there screws around you can
disassemble this thing it has lots of
holes in the bottom for drainage very
important if you have any kind of bird
feeder out in the element element so
that your feed doesn't get messed up and
moldy look in through the top here and
there's a wire that comes attached with
it you can hang the feeder on your
branches with plenty long forth at the
end this is just a plastic feeder in my
opinion this thing's actually a little
overpriced but I'm going to go over how
I'm going to put it up and I'm going to
use it when you hang it of course on a
tree branch we've plenty of room above
it so that opening can raise up and you
can fill it with feed and this is the
other part this is what I'm adding to
protect it both from the weather from
squirrels and in my case where icons
like to read my feeders at night this is
a squirrel guard and it's made by
predator guard you may have seen me use
their other stuff like flashing light in
my apiary that or predator protection I
also use their pests away unit which is
a flashing light an ultrasound deal that
keeps predators away from anything you
want to protect this thing is 17 inches
in diameter so it's plenty large to
completely protect the feeder from both
rain snow and everything else that
otherwise would just get right into it
so to improve
is the function of this gazebo feeder
these are the components of the squirrel
guard that comes from predator guards
we're just going to put it together
really quick it does have really good
instructions that come with it you can
post mounted here the post is designed
for it's our one-inch diameter which
matches perfectly with the Audubon style
fear but I don't use that I'm going to
hang them from tree branches so this is
the hardware that's included everything
is pretty simple but I'm going to show
you how to put it together anyway couple
of washers and this is the post mount
bracket again now that thing is designed
so that when you set your squirrel guard
on it it's not rigid it's supposed to
tip a little and give a little in that
way when a squirrel or something climbs
on it they lose their balance and fall
off they can't use it as a springboard
to go up onto your feeder and our door
is pretty good galvanized got these
locking nuts on here you want to tighten
those up good because remember your unit
is going to be blowing around in the
wind and the weather you don't want it
unscrew just drop your feeder to the
ground
I know you probably know how to put the
thing together but you're just going to
put it together for you real quick here
so if you're reading the instructions
maybe it's plenty strong so it would
hold a nice heavy even metal feeder and
I don't see no problems with the way
it's built here again it's designed not
to be rigid it's supposed to move around
a little bit so that creditors and
foragers are trying to get into your
feeder other than the birds would have a
hard time getting their balance so it
looks pretty good to me nice powder coat
nice heavy galvanized steel piece now
this long wire that comes with it you
want to cut it off because you're going
to have to make a loop to hook your
squirrel guard onto it but also leave
enough space remember you have to slide
this top up and down in order to fill
the feeder and look at the mess I've
made around the feeder just because I
use a big bag of black oil sunflower
seed and it just went everywhere so
there's some room for improvement in the
way you fill these feeders just made my
loop in the top there hang it on the
book and it's pretty much good to go
when they say ten pounds of feed in this
thing I think they are talking about the
mixi black little sunflower seed is not
that heavy and of course all the feed
that I've spilled is just laying out
here on my table at the edge of the
woods and I'll just let that Chipmunks
and whatever come and clear that up when
you do feed the birds you do increase
the population of your native songbirds
in the area so if you start feeding
you're creating somewhat of a dependency
continue to feed especially in
wintertime and here it is hanging in a
walnut tree off to the right on the edge
there you see my also Audubon
squirrel-proof feeder and what I missed
and really wish that I had caught for
you was two nights after these feeders
were hung up like this a raccoon came
down and completely pulled the feeder to
the right
out of the tree it bent the brackets
that supported it and it was all on the
ground but this feeder was protected by
the squirrel guard and the raccoon did
not defeat that system and could not get
this feeder on to the ground so that was
a great success so I hope you like the
feeder I do I think it's pretty cool as
long as you go squirrel guard or
something else to shelter it I hope you
watch other videos in the future and
thanks for watching this one happy birds
eat