Funny you mention that, our long time friend and neighbor had the same kind of bin, way back when, but his location, the fact that deer were not that abundant, I don't even recall birds being a problem, but now, all would likely be trouble.
When looking back, there was little habitat for deer in this area, even with the hilly terrain, those farmers used all of the land in some way and it was cleared, so just hedge rows, a single line of trees was all that was there, we used to get huge flocks of starlings, but where his was, closer to the road and the house, someone being there all the time, probably little to no pilferage. I did not see many squirrels then, they were only in the wooded areas which was a safe distance, funny how the landscape has changed, now its chock full of wildlife, darned mice would be a huge problem unless the base was flashed with metal to keep them from climbing and out, which I assume these are built to do just that. Squirrels will take the outside rows clean of corn depending on how long its left, same with grackles and starlings, I have seen first hand how much they can reduce a yield, problem is farmer has to wait for moisture to get down, so that gives them time. My long time farmer friend used to take losses, especially in my field, 3-4 rows on the outside being cleaned out, eventually the deer would start in on it too, but they seem to be not so bad as the other critters, unless the crop is left standing longer or over the winter. The one large operator here has some huge bins and I assume a dryer, but many do not, so if the weather or conditions extend the harvest too long the critters will take their share, even more so in fields bounded by woods, like is common here, not so common going back to the 50's when everything was cleared. They get their cut before it even gets to a bin or the combine gets to it.
I like seeing what Larry posts in regards to the neighbors farm and activities, they do a lot of different things, nice vegetable patches, livestock and similar, you don't see farms like this, smaller ones, doing diverse things and providing for ones self, close family or friends, nice to see these kinds of posts.
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