A bird feeding system may include a platform that is sized and configured to catch at least a portion of the bird feed that may fall from a bird feeder. The polyphenylene sulfide is the cure product of being cured at a temperature of about 200\xb0 C. The light guide block has a circumferential face in which a plurality of mounting holes is defined for receiving and retaining light-emitting elements. More preferably, the vulcanized elastomer filling has a Shore hardness in the range from about 6 to about 90.