This bird feeder station has it all! My kids loved putting this together and having the ability to offer several different types of food. We used regular bird seed, thistle seed, apples and meal worms. I’m rating it 4 stars simply because the stock images make the Shepards hook appear to be 4 hooks, spread out but it isn’t. There are two on each end which limits where you can put feeders. It doesn’t overall affect the function, just would have preferred it be as shown in the original pics.

I am unable to put the feeder in the ground, yet since our ground is frozen, but this feeder is made extremely sturdy and was easy to put together! I love all the hooks available and the feeders that came with the stand are nicely made.

This bird feeder station is VERY tall! I am hoping that with its height and the cone blocker, the squirrels won't be able to access the top feeders. I debated giving this product three stars instead of four because of the following: 1. Be sure to put the extras on the different pieces of the pole before putting the pole together. Otherwise, if you unscrew the sections of the pole, the screwing insert might come out like two of mine did. I was able to re-screw the sections together, but I hope they will remain strong, especially if the squirrels try to climb or jump on it. 2. The top sections where you hang the feeders on are not bent down enough like the photos on the website shows. I tried to get pictures of this to show. Perhaps I could bend them some more but they do hold the feeders up. 3. The feeders are not the strongest, but perhaps with the squirrels not able to access them, they will last longer. 4. One feeder is just an open grated tube. I don't know what can be put in it. But even with these flaws, it's a great station and I'm looking forward to using it in the spring--the ground is frozen solid so I can't put it up yet. (Notice that the water bowl is below the cone--this is for our chipmunks to have access to water.) Another NOTE: The station comes with six feeders--the square "dish"-looking one hanging from the chains as shown on the website photos, is NOT one of them. But there are plenty of hooks to add your own feeders.