Place your feeder where you can see it from your kitchen table as you enjoy your morning coffee or within easy viewing distance of your favourite living room chair. Buy a good bird identification handbook. You'll notice it will be well-thumbed after a few months. You may even want to keep a pad and pen nearby to keep track of all the activity. The final factor is safety .
Songbirds have enemies, both other birds such as hawks and a wide variety of animals.
Even your furry, friendly cat, Miss Mew, who spends most of her time either dozing on your lap or sprawled out on a sunny patch of carpet, wouldn't be opposed to killing a robin or two if she got the chance. You won't be able to protect visiting birds from all their enemies. However, by placing your feeder on a pole too thin or slippery to be easily climbed or by suspending it from a wire, you will be giving visitors to your feeder a considerable degree of protection.