Which bird feeder attracts most birds

What you must know is a trade off of any bird feeder that attracts most birds will be open to the elements, with a more accessible bird feeder seeing bird food spoiling sooner.

Which bird feeder attracts most birds will be an open top, accessible to all platform bird feeder. It can be made in wood, with a plastic or metal mesh dish fitting the bill. Birds who forage in trees or birds who are exclusive ground eating birds can all use a platform bird feeder, providing its stabilized on a pole.

Many bird feeders to choose from when there's so many bird species varied diets to accommodate - with some feeders being compatible with more birds if its made larger.

What can beat any kind of bird feeder is an open top, pole mounted platform bird feeder that can hold all common wild bird feed, with so many other food to use, including scraps.

Seeds or peanut is a popular choice on top of platform feeder, whereas dried or live mealworms can be added to attract mostly ground eating birds. Ground foraging birds are only seen to eat off the lawn, with a platform feeder that changes everything.

No other bird feeder in use today can attract so many common backyard birds than a pole mounted 3 to 4 feet off the ground, with a flat feeding area stabilized to prevent movement.

I say pole mounted platform bird feeders as I believe this type to be the most promising with all birds.

Many kinds of platform bird feeders exist with options including ground or hanging style platform bird feeders. Unlike a pole mounted platform, hanging feeders can be inaccessible to none bird feeder birds.

Similarly, a ground platform bird feeder may only see ground eating birds using it, which means many birds who want to feed won't if its on the ground.

What bird feeder to use to attract most birds in your yard will be a platform bird feeder, and that only applies if you make all their favorite bird feed available.

Open to all platform bird feeders

In all honesty I can begin to sell you on why you should buy an expensive seed or peanut feeder - be it an all in one, hanging enclosed bird feeder - when I know you can do much better.

Which bird feeders attract the most common backyard birds, in my opinion, can only be an open to all, very easy to use platform bird feeder.

Now I will say I associate platform bird feeders as one being made in wood, mounted on top of a pole and is secured with a wooden surround to keep bird feed contained.

When in fact any platform bird feeder can be as such, as long as its open to the elements.

I will say this is the only downside to an open top platform bird feeder, is that without roof cover; bird food can rapidly spoil when exposed to rain, the sun and even on the occasion when snow covers up the food.

On the plus side open top platform bird feeder needn't be left exposed to such conditions when in fact it can be positioned in a more shaded spot, such as under a tree.

Open to all platform bird feeders are designed for use with any bird feed, rather than buying specialist bird feeders made for specific bird feed - a platform bird feeder is compatible with all that, and many other kinds of bird feed.

Heck, you can even feed birds on top of a platform bird feeder with safe kitchen scraps.

Similarly, less able, or birds not seen to use bird feeders at all will be seen to perch on the rim of a platform feeder - as its fully compatible with their natural foraging behavior.

Stabilized pole mounted platform

Now that I have established platform bird feeders are guaranteed to attract the most common backyard birds to it, that is within reason mind you.

To see birds who usually forage up high in trees or less able ground eating birds will all use an open to all platform bird feeder - though I will say it must remain stable at all times.

With that the only way any kind of platform bird feeder will remain still is if its mounted on top of a pole, with the pole buried deep into the ground.

Birds can now hop off the ground to the platform above, or birds can converge from in trees or as they fly over the yard with no risk of movement. Moving platform bird feeders can result in birds simply not using it unless its stable.

Of course an unstable platform bird feeder is simply a glorified harder to use hanging bird feeder, with no point in using a platform in the first place.

Stabilized platform bird feeders on a pole will guarantee it will be used by as many bird species available in your yard as possible, with that I can promise.

If it was a hanging platform bird feeder then there will be chains connected on each corner, thus the platform where birds perch will become restricted somewhat.

Pole mounted platform bird feeders can be made with legs to stand upright anywhere in the yard, or can be made more stable by burying the pole in the ground. Personally I would go for the legs option to keep it mobile at all times.

At only 3 to 4 feet tall, a platform bird feeder on a pole will see all birds use it, with the bonus of it being fully accessible to you when its time to replenish with new bird food, or its that time of the week to clean.

Ground platform bird feeder

I can say most of your backyard birds will be fully capable of tackling a hanging up, yet restricting bird feeder for seeds, peanuts or suet.

Birds that are able to access these kinds of bird feeders are seen to forage higher up in the wild, thus to use a bird feeder will become second nature to most birds.

However many common backyard birds are exclusive ground feeding birds, thus are only seen to forage for insects or other things on the lawn. Ground platform bird feeders will guarantee these ground eating birds can feed safely, while remaining on a feeder.

I will say a pole mounted bird feeder will attract most birds to it because its open to the elements - whereas an open to all ground bird feeder will only serve exclusive ground feeding birds only.

Some birds such as Blue Jays, Robins or Northern Cardinals will appreciate a ground platform bird feeder as they are ground eating birds - but can make use of hanging or pole mounted bird feeder if its accessible.

Similarly, birds such a House Finches will only use a platform bird feeder on a pole or a bird feeder that hangs.

Personally I believe a pole mounted platform bird feeder is the way to go as any ground feeding bird can feed alongside their seasoned bird feeder cousins.

Mounted on pole mesh dish

And that finally brings me over to what remains an open to all bird feeder, only its not a platform per se, but more of a dish to add less bird feed at a time.

You may actually know what I am talking about if you give me a moment to explain; a pole mounted mesh dish is what you'd usually find mounted to a bird feeding station or Shepherds Hook pole.

Mesh dishes can be made to hang on its own wall bracket using chains, with it commonly seen mounted to a pole with a tightening of a bolt.

Which bird feeder attracts most birds on a bird feeder pole is this accessible dish.

Its made in metal with a mesh base to allow rain and moisture to filter through, rather than seeing the bird feed swimming in a puddle of water.

Downside being a pole mounted dish such as this one is located on a pole where more birds are seen to poop over it. In addition to that its accessible to unwanted birds or pests such as squirrels - whilst becoming a perch for birds to use other feeders near by.

Well, in reality all open to all platform bird feeders will be available to nuisance common backyard birds, woodland creatures and others.

It will be up to you to use your open top bird feeder dish in a way that keeps pests and other animals off it, while keeping the bird feed dry if it means to replace feed more often.

To summarize

Open to all platform bird feeders are the kind that will attract most birds to it, providing its mounted on top of a pole or stand - as its hanging or ground platform bird feeder counterpart can reduce the number of birds who use it.

Stabilization is key to attracting less able, rare to use bird feeder birds, thus a pole mounted platform bird feeder will remain still.

Birds will converge on this flat top, commonly made in wood platform with a mix of bird feed scattered across it. Well, it may not of been scattered at the beginning with birds soon making a mess as they forage for their favorites.

Downside to an open top platform bird feeder is its open to the elements, so you'd have to use it diligently, such as removing it out of the yard if it rains or snows.

Pole mounted bird feeders can be balanced on legs, thus can remain mobile until you find the best spot in the yard to place it. Similarly, a pole can be impaled into the ground which can be more stable overall.

Exclusive ground eating birds rarely use any type of restricting bird feeder if its means they have to land on a perch, in which platform bird feeders don't have such a thing.

Its therefore possible for less able, big or small birds to use any kind of platform bird feeder.

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