If you are lucky enough to have a garden, you will want to make it as beautiful and as special as you can. Garden ornaments are a great way of doing this, and decorative bird feeders always make a garden look very picturesque. A simple wooden bird feeder can look very elegant with the right touches of stain and paint.

A decorative bird feeder, specifically one that is built like a house, can be designed to resemble the homeowner’s actual house. Using miniature shutters, windows and various paint colors, a basic house bird feeder can quickly be transformed into a unique decorative bird feeder.

If using a bird feeder as a garden ornament it can be mounted on a pole. It’s necessary to consider the squirrel or raccoon activity in the surrounding area before placing a decorative bird feeder anywhere in the garden. If there is a problem with either of these pesky critters, it’s essential to mount the feeder in a high location away from any possible jumping points. The last thing you’ll want is to spend time making a decorative bird feeder, only to be destroyed by a squirrel or raccoon.

If you can be sure that animals like squirrels and raccoons are not likely to damage your decorative bird feeder, you will have plenty of other options, as far as where you want to place them is concerned. You can just place it somewhere where it will look nice, like perhaps the gazebo, or even something as simple as a window sill. You can also hang it from places, maybe on your patio or from a tree that looks right for it. No matter what you do, the birds in your neighborhood are sure to love it as much as you do.

You could always build your decorative bird feeder yourself, if you’re willing to put in the effort. There will be a lot of pictures that you can refer to, both online and in plenty of gardening magazines and books. With them as a starting point, you can give free rein to your imagination. Otherwise, you can find very pretty decorative bird feeders online or in your local gardening shops, which is an easier option.

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