Goodbye, Typical Bird Feeders — The Home Depot Find That Gives Feathered Friends More Space

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For many people, birdwatching is more than just a hobby; it's something you bring home with you. Having birds in your yard lets you connect with nature and can even help your garden grow, as they can keep the bug population down. If you want to bring more birds to your yard, having a feeder is a great way to make that happen. There are a lot of bird feeders on the market that will let you attract your feathered friends in style. The Pennington Cedar Grand Snack Shack from Home Depot is a classic bird feeder that provides more space for the birds and allows you to offer multiple types of food for them to enjoy.

This bird feeder is built to look like an outdoor pavilion, with a cedar wood roof and base, suet baskets on each end, and an acrylic center that holds up to 3.75 pounds of bird seed. The cedar wood is weather-resistant and naturally helps keep bugs away. This bird feeder is designed to be easy to fill while attracting a wide variety of birds. It also takes up a decent amount of space at 8 inches tall and 11.81 inches wide. 

There is no assembly required with the Grand Snack Shack feeder, as it is fully pre-built out of the box. And at $24.97 each, you could potentially purchase more than one of these bird feeders without breaking the bank. If you're looking for a way to create your own bird feeder buffet, the grand snack shack is a great choice, as you can choose two different suet cakes and seeds for a wide variety of birds.

A good bird feeder can help you attract a lot of different bird species to your yard, and this Pennington bird feeder allows you to provide the birds with multiple food options. However, one potential issue that reviewers have called out about this bird feeder is where the birds land on it. In a 3-star review on Home Depot's product page, one reviewer shared that they were, "disappointed that there was NO perch for birds to sit and eat their seeds." So, if you want to add space for birds to perch on, one option is to glue on additional wood planks along the bottom of the feeder, extending past the current edge. Also, since this is built of natural red cedar, you can screw or nail in a slat of wood on each side to give the birds additional space to perch on that's secure and durable.

Another thing that is important to pay attention to is where you plan to hang this feeder, as it will get heavy once you add in the bird seed and take into account the birds landing on it. Since this feeder is 3 pounds without any seeds or suet and holds up to 3.75 pounds of just seed, you're looking at over 7 pounds of weight that needs to be accounted for when hanging the Pennington Grand Snack Shack in your yard. Therefore, make sure that whatever you hang your bird feeder from is secure and sturdy, such as a thick tree branch or an anchored metal or wood pole with heavy-duty hooks, so that it doesn't end up on the ground once the birds come in for a landing.