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Expert: - 8/1/2008


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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.

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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).

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Roger Lederer

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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.

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Have a PhD and over forty years as a professional ornithologist - research, teaching, author, speaker, webmaster of Ornithology.com . Have written thirty scientific papers, three bird field guides, a textbook in ecology and two recent books entitled "Amazing Birds" and "Birds of New England". Have traveled to over 90 countries watching birds.

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PhD in Zoology/Ornithology; Emeritus Professor of Biological Sciences; former Dean of the College of Natural Sciences at California State University, Chico

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