Hi Britnay, I probably live not far from you. First of all, you will probably need a squirrel baffel because those darn squirrels are quite clever and can destroy a bird feeder. I have a baffel and they still get on my feeder by jumping about 4 feet from a tree. I have 4 feeders up currently. 2 that are a wire mesh type, one holds thistle and the other holds sunflower seed. That way if the squirrel happens to get on it, the squirrel will not be able to chew through it. I have had plastic feeders ruined by squirrels chewing them up. My other feeder I got from my daughter as a gift and it has a mechanism that closes the feeding ports if a squirrel gets on it. My last feeder is a cage type that holds a large cake of food. I always get the woodpecker blend for that one and a lot of birds will feed at it. I just use thistle and sunflower seed mainly. I never use any food with corn in it because it will attract pigeons Hope this helps you.
