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Woodpecker 'Angle' Feeder Tips
Woodpecker 'Angle' Feeder - Success Tips
 Here
is everything you need to know about setting up and installing
your woodpecker feeder from
Woodpecker-Feeder.com.
We share tips on how to hang your feeder, where to hang your
feeder, how to fill the feeder with suet, and how to maintain
your woodpecker feeder. We also cover a variety of
things you want to know so you will have a successful and
enjoyable woodpecker feeding experience!
Installing Your Feeder
Hanging Methods. Your woodpecker feeder comes
fully assembled and ready to hang. You can use the
supplied hook for use with a pole/hanging arm system or you
can attach string, wire, or cable to the feeder for hanging.
If you hang your feeder from a tree branch, be sure to use a
string, wire, or cable that allows the feeder to hang at
least 5-7 feet from the tree trunk and 4-5 feet down from
the branch.
There are three holes provided for the enclosed hook so you
can adjust the hanging angle of the feeder. It may be
best to start at vertical so your woodpeckers can see that
you have food for them. Then, depending on whether you
have problems with starlings, etc., you can gradually move
to the fully horizontal position.
The best hanging location is away from other feeders,
suspended on a wire or cable. This removes nearly all
starling "launch points," except for the top of the feeder,
itself. You can add a dome or cone-shaped baffle to the top of
your woodpecker feeder to keep starlings from launching off
the top of the feeder. A flat-topped baffle will
provide a launch point for starlings.
Squirrel Baffles. Since there are plenty of
squirrel preventive solutions on the market, we have not
made it part of the feeder itself. However, the best
squirrel baffle method we have seen is a cylindrical
metal tube, mounted on a free-standing pole away from
trees and other objects.
These are available for a 4x4 wooden post as well as for a
smaller diameter metal pole. If you use this type of
baffle, be sure that the pole is 8-10 feet from the nearest
tree branch, pole, or other structure that a squirrel could
launch from. Other baffles include plastic, curved
domes over top of the feeder (good for hanging feeders) and
metal cone baffles that can be attached to a post.
About Starlings. Our feeder design deters all
but the most persistent, intelligent, and creative
starlings.
[Disclaimer]
Some starlings will be able to flutter under the
feeder and make stabs at the suet. They can get some
suet this way, but they can not hang on to wipe the suet
out.
Alternate Food Sources. One way to keep squirrels and
even starlings less interested in your woodpecker feeder is
to give them an alternate food source. We sprinkle
corn kernels around the base of our feeder system for the
squirrels and they also spend quite a bit of time foraging
in the grass for seeds scattered by birds on the feeders.
You can also put out some inexpensive cake suet which may
fulfill starling's suet needs and make them less inclined to
investigate your woodpecker feeder. We use a variety
of suet delivery methods which keep starlings and other
birds busy and those birds don't really give much thought to
our woodpecker feeders.
Unfortunately, you can not make your bird feeder site
"starling-proof," but you certainly can make it
"starling-resistant." [Disclaimer]
We provide four different tube-type peanut feeders which
the starlings really like. Since it is impossible to
totally keep the starlings away from the feeder area, we at
least want them to work for their food and the peanut tube feeders
make them work for everything they get.
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Filling Your Feeder
Here is the simple step-by-step process for filling your
'Angle' feeder. This is a pretty easy and fast .
1. Slide a tube of Attractor suet out of the package and
onto a flat surface. You may use a newspaper or napkin
to make cleanup easier. Then, cut the suet tube into
two equal parts.
NOTE:
Our Attractor suet can be refrigerated, but be sure to use
it
at room temperature!
IMPORTANT: Store your suet in a plastic, zip-lockable bag
to keep it fresh. This is necessary so you can have
the correct suet consistency when loading your woodpecker
feeder suet ports.
2. Lay the suet feeder on a flat surface, preferably a table
or countertop that will allow you to pack the suet into the
feeding ports.
3. Drop a 1/2 tube of suet into a feeding port and press
mightily with your open palm.
As you can see, the suet will stick out a bit. Not to
worry - it will fill the hole very nicely in the next step.
 4. You want to pack the
suet in tightly so it does not fall out when hanging in
either a partial or fully horizontal position. See the
photo on the right - the suet in the left port has been
pressed in and fills the opening perfectly!
5. Continue the process, filling each suet port with suet
and mightily pressing them in.
...another hole filled
 ...and
all holes are filled!!
That's it! Pretty easy, eh?
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NOTE:
Our Attractor suet can be refrigerated, but be sure to use
it
at room temperature!
IMPORTANT: Store your suet in a plastic, zip-lockable bag
to keep it fresh. This is necessary so you can have
the correct suet consistency when loading your woodpecker
feeder suet ports.
Hanging Your Feeder
To initially interest and train your local woodpeckers,
 you
should hang your feeder in the most vertical position.
This will show your woodpeckers what you have and they will
take quick interest in it.
Once your woodpeckers are trained, if you find that starlings are fluttering about more than
you would like, you can move your woodpecker feeder to the
half-horizontal position, making it more difficult for starlings to
lean over the top of the feeder or hang onto the sides of
the feeder.
 The third hanging position for your woodpecker feeder is the
fully horizontal position.
As you can see, woodpeckers have absolutely no problem at
all hanging on to the underside of our natural cedar
woodpecker suet feeder!
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Maintaining Your Feeder
 Typically, woodpeckers do a pretty thorough job of
cleaning suet out from each of the feeding ports. But if
they don't, your woodpecker feeder is designed for easy maintenance.
We have designed our 'Angle' feeder such that the back is
easily removed (4 screws, one in each corner).
 To clean the
suet ports, simply use a
small bottle brush, the tip of a small screwdriver, or even
a letter opener to clean the holes out.
 We also
offer a complete cleaning/maintenance kit for those who don't want to
assemble their own tools.
NOTE:
Our Attractor suet can be refrigerated, but be sure to use
it
at room temperature!
IMPORTANT: Store your suet in a plastic, zip-lockable bag
to keep it fresh. This is necessary so you can have
the correct suet consistency when loading your woodpecker
feeder suet ports.
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