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Eddy G
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# Posted: 6 May 2021 09:17pm
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Second time this happened this month.
Because I was to stupid to take the feeder down before we left the last time.
Funny thing is we have 3 bird feeders on poles like this and its the only one they or it likes to play with.
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FishHog
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# Posted: 7 May 2021 08:33am
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Bird feeders are great bear attractions
I won’t allow them at my cottage
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toyota_mdt_tech
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# Posted: 7 May 2021 08:34am
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They are hungry when they come out of hibernation and all summer, try to fatten up for winter, so their life consist of a search for food. Thats it. 
Fill pole center with concrete, tap it to get air out, then it wont collapse and fold over.
Here is my bear looking for food.
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Eddy G
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# Posted: 7 May 2021 03:29pm
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Great tip Toyota, thanks
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moneypitfeeder
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# Posted: 8 May 2021 07:20pm
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You might have good luck with a hybrid of Toyota's advice mixed with this: we have a black iron pipe (way overkill at 2" could be much narrower) and we attached a threaded coupling to our bird house and another to a solar patio light so that we can screw on a bird house in the spring or switch to a light when nesting is over. But you could easily switch from a light to a bird feeder instead. With Toyota's advice to fill with concrete, they might be even more impervious.
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Eddy G
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# Posted: 8 May 2021 10:53pm
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My other two poles/houses are exactly that
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justincasei812
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# Posted: 10 May 2021 01:58pm
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Families cabin in Mich. Got tired of replacing broken bird feeders if they were forgotten over night.
Bear under the bird feeders
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deercula
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# Posted: 11 May 2021 03:30pm
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https://youtu.be/HxPCL3YtIWI
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