6 actionable bird feeder placement tips

With few practical bird feeder places you can hang a bird feeder with success, what you must prioritize above all else is making sure bird feeders can always be seen.

Centralize bird feeders in the center of the lawn within a group to be seen; in which case you'll make use of a bird feeder pole. Push bird feeders into shrubs for protection from the sun, rain or snow - while favoring a tree branch that does all those things. Hang 5-6 feet off ground with a ground bird feeder optional.

Bird feeder placement can be a continuous thing as too few birds could be using your bird feeders - or none at all - so we can remove bird feeders and hang them them up elsewhere.

Where you put a bird feeder at first can be hung off a bird feeder pole positioned in the center of the lawn, to be sure all birds can spot it as they pass by or drop by for a rest.

Growth within the yard can benefit a bird feeder placement as it provides natural cover, yet can be where birds prefer to stay well in your yard.

Bonus is, shrubs, bushes or trees can provide more shade over sun yet can cancel out strong winds or heavy rain, while providing natural cover from snow.

To begin using bird feeders for the first time would require patience before birds arrive to use them; while a well experienced person who has been feeding birds forever, and therefore attracts many birds - can think about tucking bird feeders way.

What makes a good bird feeder is one that is open top, thus it becomes accessible to all birds rather than limit a bird feeder use to only birds capable of using restricting, hanging bird feeders.

Bird feeder placement can depend on your backyard layout, and so to if you can make use of hanging bird feeders off a tree branch, on a bracket near ivy or shrubs near to a fence - providing predators or pets will be out of reach of bird feeders.

Hang bird feeders where you feel its accessible at all times to birds, while a pole mounted platform bird feeder will need to stay in a centralized location on the lawn.

1. Centralize all bird feeders

First prioritize a centralized placement in your yard for any bird feeder that must be hung or if it so happens to be a platform bird feeder on a pole.

Bird feeders have to be seen to be used, thus to tuck it away out of view from passing birds in the air - would see your bird feeders unused.

Birds who briefly land in your yard - be it on a rooftop or fence - would need to spot any bird feeder. Bird feeders then have to be seen from a lower down position this time... not just when birds soar above over your backyard.

Centralize all bird feeders then to provide the best position for bird feeders to be.

What you'll end up with is single bird feeder or a group of bird feeders likely to be hung off a bird feeder pole, so they can be kept as one.

Now all birds feeders will be hanging off individual brackets where they can all be seen, and therefore made accessible from whichever direction birds find the feeders.

2. Close to scrubs as protection

Bird feeder placement in the center of your yard, probably on the lawn doesn't have to be so if you are experiencing an abundance of wild birds in your yard.

Think of a centralized location for bird feeders for beginner's, while more experienced backyard birders can move on to other locations around the yard - and dare I say it a better position.

You see while birds do like a centralized location in the yard, especially hummingbirds, it can be placed too far away from a birds tree or lookout.

Birds like to perch elsewhere so need this area close to bird feeders for whenever they head back to it - most likely to eat what they've picked up at the feeders.

With that you can place the bird feeder pole with a number of bird feeders hanging off it near to the boundary of the yard - or why not mount a bracket on a fence post to be sure birds don't have to come too far into the yard.

Come to think of it where you have a tree to hang bird feeders on could be planted near to the edge of the yard - with any tree to hang bird feeders on would see success.

3. Shade over sunny spot

What is more important than ever is to try and sustain wild bird food quality over the course of its use - and that's because its fed to birds outdoors.

In this time people commonly let it be, but bird food can soon rot or go rancid in changing weather conditions.

And while bird feeders can be in the sun for the duration of its use, to make the most of more shade can certainly benefit your wild bird food.

What you must do then is prioritize where you hang bird feeders, will always in the shade.

Best way to do this is use a closer to the house position to make use of the shade or to block out direct sunshine at certain times of day. It won't be possible for many of you but at least you can do is provide more shade than sun.

What this will do is keep bird food at optimal condition, as too much heat can rapidly spoil it, yet the shade can keep it for longer.

Best way to hang any bird feeder than is in a shaded spot with less sun; consider hanging in a tree, near to the yard boundary or on the side of a building that has a lot of shade.

4. Feeders placed 5-6 feet off ground

Bird feeder placements can be centralized or move over to the boundary of your property, all in an effort to bring bird food closer to where birds frequent, or are happy to arrive without restrictions.

Regardless of placement you must always keep bird feeders up to 5-6 feet off the ground, as it keeps wild birds safe.

Feeders can be near to the ground with birds who use this location - who are ground feeding birds - yet birds who forage higher up in trees in the wild would become more vulnerable to predator attacks closer to the ground.

And so we must hang bird feeders all the way up to 5 to 6 feet off the ground so birds can feed in complete safety.

Higher up can be considered which isn't an option when attracting birds to a balcony, yet a bird feeder lower down is OK to do if you don't experience predators.

Make it 5 feet minimum off the ground to be sure, while you don't need to go any higher then 6 feet. Feeder placement off the ground is from tip of bird feeder to ground only.

To use a bird feeder pole the manufacturer can guarantee you a safe height, yet to mount any kind of bracket for bird feeders, do mount it 5 feet minimum.

5. Site feeders in tree

Did you know many common backyard birds are seen to forage up in trees while foraging for seeds in pine cones, tree sap, buds and even tree bark.

Bird feeders hanging up in your tree than is sure to come naturally to any arrival.

Bird feeder placement in a tree must remain accessible to you at all times - as you'd need to pull the feeders down to replenish or clean - while it must be hung at least 5 feet off the ground at all times.

How to hang a bird feeder off a tree branch is with a length of additional wire so you can hook it over any branch thickness. To rely on the bird feeder hanger only may not be possible to hoop it over on the end of a branch.

You'd therefore need a length of rope or wire to not only hang the bird feeder, but it can benefit you as you manipulate how high the bird feeder hangs off the ground.

Bird feeder placement in a tree would only see an increase of wild birds if birds already frequent this tree in your yard.

If not then you'd need to give it time for birds to find the new tree bird feeder placement location. Location of course that will provide shade from the sun with bonus rain cover or protection from snow covering bird feeders.

6. Push ground feeder in scrubs

If you happen to receive an abundance of ground feeding birds in your yard, you can cater to them with a ground platform bird feeder, tucked away in a safe spot in your yard.

It is an open top platform bird feeder thus birds who normally forage higher up can still use it, so it doesn't limit its use.

With that in mind where to place a ground level bird feeder this time is more so into the boundary of your yard, as its pushed into any shrubs.

Bird feeders on the ground can feel risky to birds thus this type of bird feeder must be placed to the edge of the yard.

And I must say I still recommend you make use of hanging bird feeders or a pole mounted platform feeder to guarantee all birds can feed when arriving in your yard.

Placement of ground platform bird feeder can be kept mobile as you'd need to uplift it to find a better place if it remains unused for a long period of time.

Pushed into shrubs may make it unseen to birds thus to pull it out a little can help it be seen from birds flying over throughout the day.

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