One of the most pleasurable activities for you and the family is to bring birds to the backyard this winter. Its easy and fun. Squirrels can be a huge problem. However, if you use a baffle and pole system and place the feeder far away from something they can jump onto the feeder the squirrels will not be able to get to it. Check out these web sites and get a pole system

http://www.wbu.com/ http://www.abirdshome.com/baffles.html

Food is also increadibly important. This article gives you a nice list of food and the types of birds they attract. http://birding.about.com/od/foodattract/a/foodbackyard.htm

Here is a great link talking about the types of bird feeders. http://www.wild-bird-watching.com/Bird-Feeders.html

Finally remember to clean your feeders. No one wants to eat off a dirty plate! Have fun. Dave