Are bird feeding stations any good
Where else are you going to hang a bird feeder if no tree or bracket is available in your yard, so this is where you come to rely on a complete bird feeding station set.
Bird feeding stations are very good to have available, stations can be impaled into the ground anywhere you see fit, with an option to move it elsewhere later. Brackets mounted to pole is enough to hang multiple bird feeders, whereas the bird feeding station allows birds to feed in a group for safety.
No limit to the number of common backyard birds who happily feed off bird feeders while hanging off a bird feeding station that's for sure.
And as it happens a bird feeding station offers you the opportunity to mount a squirrel baffle to the pole too stop them climbing up to access the nuts in the feeder.
Similarly, you can fix a squirrel baffle on top of hanging feeders to prevent squirrel descending, with stations providing the width.
Complete bird feeding station sets are ready to go out of the box, meaning there's really nothing else you need.
High end bird feeding stations come in copper or the luxury options are made in wood; whereas cheap bird feeding stations can be just as attractive, yet still just as effective as feeding wild birds.
Easy to assemble on your part with no tools needed, with any real effort on your part is when impaling the pole into the ground.
What is the best bird feeding station you can buy is one that compliments your yard, with either one easy to put together with an option to add more bird feeders or remove what you don't need if unused.
Are good for multiple feeders
Bird feeding station poles remain one of the best ways to hang bird feeders in your yard, any size or type - bird feeders can be hung off a spare bracket.
Unlike the need to mount a bracket or screw in a hook on a wall or fence post, bird feeding stations are designed with a tightening bolt to get setup in minutes - with a group of bird feeders in one place - in which its how birds prefer to feed, in numbers.
Bird feeding stations can be made with up to 8 brackets, yet commonly made available with 6 brackets - with room to mount a food tray or water dish.
What that means for you is there's plenty of room to hang all the bird feeders you own, and maybe more if you decide to upgrade later.
Good for hanging bird feeders in a group, which means you can observe birds that use the feeders, or birds that pay a quick visit while resting on top of the pole.
You can't go wrong with a bird feeding station, as its an all-in-one pole made to hang the most complicated bird feeders you can buy.
No other way to hang
When you think about, unless you have a good mature tree or branches on a hedge, for most of us the ability to hang bird feeders is limited.
And this is where a bird feeding station comes in useful, as its designed to create a tough, made in steel bracket to carry the weight of feeders and its feed.
I believe there's no other choice for many of us because without a bird feeding station, what can we hang feeders off. I'd admit you have the option of a Shepherd's Hook, with this design being restricted to one available bracket.
The key to hanging bird feeders in any yard is where you can impale a pole in the ground, to which still relies heavily on a bird feeding station.
Bird feeding stations don't have to be ugly either, personally I don't believe them to appear out of place, when in fact they can fill a void in an otherwise empty yard.
If you want a structure as a centerpiece on the lawn, a bird feeding station will do it for you with the bonus of beautiful birds populating your backyard.
Easy to setup
Why bird feeding stations are as good as any kind of bird feeder pole to hang, is that they are so easy to setup.
Manufacturers design their bird feeding stations in a way that takes into consideration shipping; thus an eight-foot long pole would normally be cut into two or three sections, so it can be packed in a smaller box.
Unlike certain items that need to be assembled, all you need to do with the bird feeding station is screw in the two or three pole lengths to create an up to 8 feet pole.
How to set up the bird feeding station pole may come after you've mounted the brackets, and only then would it make sense to impale the feeder pole in the ground.
Feeding stations remain one of the easiest birding products to setup and use immediately - with an option to use the bird feeders made available with it, or buy new bird feeders to hang later.
Final piece to mount on a bird feeding station pole would normally be a metal mesh tray or water bowl that mounts onto the pole with a tightening bolt.
Best of all, no screws or tools are usually needed to assemble a bird feeding station.
Stay mobile if needed
Where you place bird feeders is vital to get right in attracting birds to feed in safety, therefore this bird feeding station will take up the spot where feeders will hang.
And if you must know, impaling the pole near a tree or hedge is suited to birds as they take cover.
Bird feeding stations can be impaled in the ground anywhere on your lawn, or if there's any kind of soft ground to jam a pole in.
How you would put the bird feeder pole in the ground is stamping on it with your foot or by hammering it in. If the ground is still to hard due to a long spell of dry weather - pour over boiling water to soften the turf so the sharp pole can be embedded.
As it happens that spot you've taken so long to consider and setup, may not be the location birds are comfortable to use, or indeed the pole may not be visible enough to passing birds.
Good thing about that is a bird feeding station can remain mobile at all times.
Simply remove all hanging bird feeders for safety, then pull up the pole out of the ground to locate in new position - then push into the ground then hang bird feeders to try again.
Conclusion
What if you don't have a tree or flower pot hanging up on a bracket in the yard, what can you do to hang a single bird feeder, let alone a bunch of them.
To be candid, you may have no other choice that using a bird feeding station, if you don't have have objects in the yard to hang a bird feeder off safely.
And if finding a place for one bird feeder wasn't enough, up to five bird feeders will be near impossible to use with lack of hanging spaces.
Bird feeding stations are good for just this, a quick and easy to setup pole with a spike on the end to impale in the ground - with multiple brackets to position on the top to hang all the feeders you've have.
Stations are safe to use as the height is needed to safely hang bird feeders well off the ground, with squirrels or other pests deterred when mounting a baffle on the pole.
Where you place the bird feeding station pole would be where there's soft turf to impale the ground. If no birds come calling there's an option to uproot it all to locate in a new place later on.
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