What to Feed Cardinals and What They Ignore
A cardinal is the bird most people are actually hoping for when they hang their first feeder. It is big, …
Feeders by Species
Which feeder brings which bird. Cardinals, orioles, blue jays, finches, woodpeckers, crows and nuthatches, one guide each.
Feeding Blue Jays Without Losing the Small Birds
Blue Jays split the backyard into two camps. One half of the street loves them, because a jay is a …
Upside Down Suet Feeder: Keeps Starlings Off, Mostly
A standard suet cage is a starling buffet. The cake is reachable from four sides, a starling can stand on …
Suet Feeder With Tail Prop for Big Woodpeckers
The first time a pileated woodpecker lands on a small wire suet cage, you understand the problem instantly. The bird …
Keeping Grackles, Starlings and Doves Off the Feeder
There is a particular morning that turns a casual feeder watcher into someone who reads about perch lengths. You look …
How to Attract Orioles to a New Feeder
Orioles are the one backyard bird that really does arrive on a schedule and really does leave again, and that …
Finch Sock or Nyjer Tube: Which One Finches Empty
A finch sock costs almost nothing and hangs from any hook, which is why most people start there. A nyjer …
Bluebird Feeder: Mealworms Behind a Cage
Bluebirds are the one species where a full seed feeder is completely beside the point. They do not eat sunflower, …
Which Feeder Attracts Which Bird: One Table
Most people buy a feeder first and find out afterward which birds it serves. That is backwards, and it is …
Suet Feeder for Woodpeckers: Tail Prop or Nothing
A woodpecker does not perch. It clings to a vertical surface and props itself with its tail, using the stiff …
Suet Feeder Guide: Cage, Upside Down and Tail Prop
A suet feeder is the cheapest thing in the yard and often the one that changes it most. Seed feeders …
Oriole Feeder: Jelly, Orange Halves and Nectar Ports
An oriole is not a seed bird, and that single fact explains why a yard full of busy sunflower feeders …