We recently got a beautiful bird feeder. Believe it or not– this is my FIRST bird feeder, ever! I’ve lived at this house for over ten years, and never bothered to get Bird Feeders for the property. 
Sad, I know. Well, I have redeemed myself and today the kids and I installed our first feeder! It’s the Garden Sip & Seed Bird Feeder. It’s a very classy bird feeder. I don’t think it is squirrel-proof, though. Being squirrel-proof is a rather important feature for us, because we have a LOT of squirrels around here, and they have a mean streak in them. Well, read on to learn more about the feeder and we’ll see how it performs….
Isn’t it pretty? The Garden Sip & Seed Bird Feeder comes with two “silos” and they have small openings at the bottom, for the seed and water to come out. The feeders are plastic with heavy plastic tops and bottoms in a copper finish. It’s very unique. It costs about $40 at BirdFeeders.com, and you can find it here. We decided to fill both silos up with seed and not water. It’s below zero here and the water would freeze. If the birds are thirsty, they can eat snow. haha!
We took a short video of us setting it up and hanging it outside. We’re quite proud of our little home movie. Watch and see how it works!
The weather has been bad this week, icy rain and horribly windy. So I haven’t seen any birds at the feeder yet (it would help if I checked more frequently, too). No squirrels with machine guns yet, either!
9. December 2008 at 5:05 pm
That’s pretty! I’ve never seen a double one like that. I think I’m going to need a new one, the squirrel has chewed through the lid on the one I have.
9. December 2008 at 8:37 pm
I love the movie! And you are going to love having birds around. Once they find it, you’ll have trouble keeping the feeders full. ‘Course, you have kids to go out and do that for you.
I hope you hung them within camera-range of a window.
Do I sound like a convert? I am. I’ve been feeding the birds for 4 or 5 years now, and it’s so peaceful watching them. Well … except when the hawk showed up. I did NOT enjoy feeding him … little red feathers all over the place.
9. December 2008 at 9:16 pm
Wow you must love birds very much. That’s kind of you folks…