| Following are a few photos of putting up my mothers bird feeder. It was a beautiful day and my son and daughter came along to visit with Grandma and Grandpa. But I really think their ulterior motives were to go fishing in Grandpa's pond for some crappie. |
| First you set yourself a treated 4x4 post into the ground. You want to make sure you dig it deep enough (below the freeze depth for your area) so that freezing a thawing of the ground doesn't push your post out of the ground. The post I used was 8 feet long and I dug down about 36" leaving 5 feet above ground. |
| Now hopefully it should slide right down over the top of the post, but sometimes these treated post will retain a lot of moisture from their preservative treatment and are swollen from retained water. If that is the case you may need to trim the top of your post to fit inside the base hole. |
| Make sure that your post is set "square" with the way you want your bird feeder to sit for viewing from your home, porch, or yard swing. |
| Next you are going to set the feeder onto the base. Using a tape measure center the feeder on the base so the edge of the feeder is the same distance on both sides of the feeder. |
| Next you will need to drill holes through the feeder platform so screws can be installed down into the feeder base. I usually put in between 4 or 6 screws depending on the size of the feeder. |
| Now your going to take the feeder base and install it on top of the 4x4 post. It should slide right down the post. |
| If you desire suet baskets can be installed on your feeder. If you decide to include these I can send them with your feeder along with the screws and fender washers to hold them in place. |
| Well thats about it. The feeder was an attractive addition to mom's front yard with the view of the surrounding country in the background. She was extremely happy which made it all the more worthwhile. |
