Finding the right bird feeder for your backyard is essential. After all, you put a lot of thought, effort, and more importantly money into buying the best bird feeder that you can. And that’s where most people fall into the trap. It’s no good to spend all that money on top-of-the-line bird feeder if you don’t get the right pole to go along with it.
That’s what I’m going to talk about on this page today; how to find the best bird feeder poll for you. I’ll talk about the different kinds of poles a little bit, and also talk about prices probably more importantly. Don’t overlook the poll or else you may be sorry later on. I have actually had bird feeders fall over because the poll was not sturdy enough, and I’d hate to see that happen to you because there’s nothing worse than waking up one morning, looking out your back window, and seeing your bird feeder smashed on the ground!
Bird Feeder Pole Styles first off I guess I should spend a little time talking about the different styles of polls that are available. Obviously there’s your standard straight pole. But there are also many other kinds of polls that people don’t think of, these are your more specialty type polls to fit certain needs and circumstances. For instance, you might need a deck hook poll. This is a sort of poll that hooks onto the rails of your deck and kind of arches up and out and contains a hook on the top from which you hang your bird feeder down. These will run you around $25 up to $50 depending on the sturdiness of the poll.
There are also wall bracket poles: These are sort of interesting because like a deck poll, they hook to the side of your house and slant out and away much the same way as an arcing deck poll would, but without the arc. Likewise, they contain a hook at the end from which you hang the bird feeder on. These are great substitutes for the traditional window bird feeder that hook onto a window. Many times those window bird feeders aren’t sturdy enough or large enough for the number of birds that you would like to use them, and in those cases the wall bracket poll may be just what you’re looking for. Wall brackets can start as low as $14-$20 including hardware.
Branch Hook Poles there are also branch hooks, and branch hook poles. These little fellas hook onto the branches of the trees saving you from the need to place a traditional pole in the ground at all! Now, they aren’t usable in all circumstances… not everybody has trees that are sturdy enough to hold a branch hook. If you do have many trees in your yard with sturdy branches in them, then this may be just the thing for you. Branch Hook Poles range anywhere from $3-$10 making them a very nice economical substitute to the traditional pole.
How about regular poles? regular poles vary depending on several different things such as length of poll, sturdiness of poll, and whether or not you need it for any specialty reasons. For instance, a heavy-duty 72 inch bird feeder poll made out of steel might only run you around $25 or $30. On the other hand, a liberty squirrel stopper poll between 36 inches in 118 inches might run you between $100-$150 respectively. Obviously you pay more for the bells and whistles to go along with the squirrel stopper poll and these prices only go up depending on how many different bells and whistles you need.