AboutRoger Lederer Expertise Any and all about wild birds - the science of ornithology. Information about birdwatching, ecology, conservation, migration, behavior, banding, rehabilitation, feeding, songs, binoculars, identification, and careers in ornithology. No questions about pet or caged birds, please.
Experience Have a PhD and thirty five years as a professional ornithologist - research, teaching, author, speaker, webmaster of Ornithology.com . Have written thirty scientific papers, two bird field guides, a textbook in ecology and two recent books entitled "Amazing Birds" and "Birds of New England". Have traveled to over 80 countries watching birds.
Expert: Roger Lederer Date: 8/1/2008 Subject: hanging bird feeders
Question Roger,
I would like to know the most efficient way to hang a bird feeder from a tree branch. I live on a salt water river and due to rats, my pest control company suggests I hang my feeders over the marsh, the only place I have to hang them is high on a limb and over the marsh. Rope does not work well because it binds on the branch, and the limbs are too high for me to hang a pulley.
Answer Well, I can't tell you how to hang it from a tree because I can't picture the exact circumstances. An alternative is to put it on a metal pole and put the pole in the ground. Rats can't climb metal poles well and you can also get a squirrel/rat guard to put on top of the pole under the feeder (basically a round collar).
