I wonder why they locked it instead of moving it to whatever serves as a proper forum.
My neighbor across the street has a bird feeder that I watch sometimes, or rather, he stuck a treated 4X4 post in the ground and has a semi squirrel proof bird feeder (yeah right) on one side and a squirrel feeder on the other.
It works very well, the cardinals, blue jays and various sparrows do nicely on one side and the squirrels do very well on the other. On the other hand I know someone that just attached a platform to the side of a tree where bird seed and bread are placed, they tend to squabble somewhat.
The gaggle of crows (I love crows) that fly over all of them twice a day just laugh.