I bought the at that time, because it seemed to me the eternal grain and Kotsauerei hygienically questionable in and around my old birdhouses. Most often, the house of blackbirds and squirrels was defended against smaller birdies and conspecifics. From time to time a cat sat sometimes there, waiting for hungry birds. Rats and mice have also been spotted. So needed a feeding column.
Although the feed - depending on weather - can be sometimes damp in the plastic silo something I am well pleased. You can unscrew and clean the column well. Metal parts and plastic containers hold for ages. The filling is wonderful, the cover can be easily folded away. The column itself and the area under the feed column remain relatively clean.
My feeder hanging on a shepherd hook which is screwed to a wooden fence. The birds got used to it quickly. Small birds may fly to the metal bars well and remove food. Blackbirds among others eat away quickly and carefully, what ends up on the floor. A "Convenient-making" of the ride-on metal poles by attaching wood or plastic coatings is not necessary. The aim of this type of feeding is still that the animals stay for hygienic and security reasons as short as possible at the feeding column. For the bird friend can then observe in the garden surrounding the column. Feel the animals at the column to ensure they can be victims of predatory birds. Can I have in my garden even watch; Flatter the men at the feeding station stayed several times in the sights of birds of prey.
I could also observe how the squirrels developed over the years different strategies to still to arrive at the desired birdseed, what I actually wanted to prevent. Otherwise I'll stay tuned to the Futternachfüllen. Actually, the animals slip off to the column, but the perches can be used to use. The latest trick is the boarding of the shepherd hook. Then a squirrel so depends on its hind legs just upside down on the hook and hanging - actually upside down - with the snout just prior to the feed openings and munches upside down! merrily to himself. The zm theme "squirrel-proof".
This winter there have then finally made two wild resolute Blackbird females. They think of themselves on the perches, hanging fidgety fluttering in front of the feed openings and help yourself. The Blackbird men waiting at the bottom of the falling grains. That's "Blackbird Safe".
Conclusion: In addition to ease of use and long-term durability of the I-Gardmann Feeder certify really great entertainment value for humans and animals!