First Bird Images from Effortless Bird Feeder

I have been writing the last few days about this feeder. Its the first in a series of back yard projects I started building bird photography perches. Here are the first bird images taken using my perched out Effortless Bird Feeder.

Black Capped Chickadee

I have had a lot of fun using this feeder. Actually, so much so that I might buy another and take down the feeders I have hanging in the trees. The one warning I will give you is with squirrels. The baffle on the bottom of the feeder keeps them from climbing the pole. However, you need to keep the feeder far enough away from bushes and trees so that they cant jump onto the feeder platform. I learned that lesson the hard way 🙂

Tufted Titmouse on Perch

3 thoughts on “First Bird Images from Effortless Bird Feeder

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  2. Bob Burns

    Vincent,
    Great shots. I would love to see a photo of your feeder set up. I’m working on one myself.
    Thanks to Moose for sharing your site.
    Bob

  3. Vincent Post author

    Hi Bob and thanks for the compliments. Here is a blog post that I did explaining the customizations and some photos. If you would like more detailed photos let me know and I will be glad to take them tomorrow once the snow stops! What I did was very simple. I used the feeding platform as the base for the perches. I spent some time finding branches that would make good looking perches from a photographic perspective and from that pile, I selected 2 that would balance on the base well, once taped together. Then I used 2 zip ties to hold it all down to the base. As I said in the blog post, has held up through a blizzard!
    V

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