do cardinals feed at this feeder? or are they too heavy?
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Most important! This bird feeder has a simple adjustment for what weight closes the feeder openings. Squirrels are much heavier so adjusting even for four bird's weight will not close it but a squirrel will. Simply turning one screw type shaft increases or decreases spring tension. Nice instructions come with it. BTW I own this and the bigger one. Birds seem to greatly prefer this smaller model. Unfortunately it is smaller lasting just over two days before refill. With a big aluminum flour scoop it is easy.
1458443
There are no cardinals where I live in Alaska. I do have gray jays use the feeder and they are about the same size as a cardinal so I think it should work for cardinals.
1458444
not too heavy- but it took them quite a while to find it, after about 2 months they finally figured it out - it does keep the squirrels away
1458445
Yes, we do see cardianls feeding at the 1015. They do seem to prefer the 1024, however. We have both and are very pleased with their durablity. We feed a lot of birds...which is our goal.
1458446
Cardinals feed at mine all the time. Even a red bellied woodpecker manages to feed on it. I've had mine for years & years and it really works to keep the squirrels from the bird food. Funny to watch them try though!
1458447
Cardinals love this feeder have 3 sets that visit daily they like to eat off the feeder and on the ground under it makes tend to sit on the feeder and knock seed out to the females it is great to watch
1229243
Yes. Our pole is shaped like a T and the feeder hangs on one end. It is durable, attractive and the birds love it - especially cardinals.
75127
Woodpeckers and Nuthatches are the main users of the feeder. Other birds try, but do not have much luck. I have had some sparrows try, but they are not very successful. They try to hand by one leg..kinda funny looking. A cake lasts well over a month for me, and I have a lot of birds coming to it daily. It is my favorite feeder.
2013853
No the cardinals did not perch - chickadees & finches did. It gets filled on the top. I had to take the feeder down because the squirrels were able to get the sunflower seeds out.
875196
Both ERVA(http://www.naturehouseinc.com/) and Droll Yankees make excellent shepard's hooks for hanging feeders. When full of seed, this feeder does get quite heavy. I will fill the dome about 1/2 full to keep the weight down.
1061395
Yes, cardinals seem to love the Solutions Feeder. I fill my feeder with black sunflower seeds, and birds just flock to it, especially the cardinals.
1280658
Maybe but it is a big maybe I am afraid! My years of feeding birds, cardinals like feeders the most, especially ones they can land on and they also feed on the ground as well. I brought this feeder for my downy woodpeckers, chickadees, titmouses, wrens, have even seen a bellied woodpecker get their beak in and got some of the suet which I love those birds to. Oh! yes, even mockingbirds get at this feeder as well.
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There is a spring on each side of the feeder. Slide the spring out of the slot for adjustment to light, medium, or heavy. I have mine set on heavy but medium setting will work for cardinals. Hope this is helpful.
447866
I have had some cardinals on mine but not as many as with my other feeders.
1061400
Although Cardinals prefer to feed from a shelf/trough type setting, I HAVE seen cardinals on our Squirrel Solutions feeder, but they don't stay as long as other types of birds.
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I don't see many woodpeckers around here but the cardinals seem to like it. I wouldn't see why not :o) If you watch the video for this feeder they have several different types of birds eating from it. ~ Kim
447864
It will take Cardinals a while to get used to a new feeder. It took at least 6 to 8 weeks before they would land on mine. I really like this bird feeder, because squirrels leave it alone but coons sometimes try.
2013856
It is fairly large and I have seen Cardinals at the feeder. Holds a good 2 lbs or more of sunflower seed. Most of my feeders are wire feeders and attract a large number of Quakers or Monks Parakeets prevalent in my area.
30570
We don't have cardinals, but I really doubt they could fit into the cage. The small birds really like it. But - the flickers can feed by sticking just their head into the cage and using their long beak and tongue to get to the food. It is quite a good show.
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Oh sure. Birds always do that regardless of the feeder. I've even seen them go out of their way to pick out items from a suet cake and drop them. All you can do is try to stock as much of the "favorite food" of the majority of the birds that visit your feeder. That might limit the variety of birds though. My chickadees only seem to want peanuts or corn while the finches eat only millet. Most of the niger seeds and sunflower seeds go over the side but the towhees and squirrels police those up off the ground. All just "part of the show."
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I've had titmice, chickadees, one little goldfinch and occasionally juncos and cardinals. Juncos and cardinals prefer to feed on the ground but they have used the feeder when it was rainy outside. Unfortunately the squirrels like it too and perform all kinds of acrobatics to get the seeds. I only use sunflower seeds in it because I haven't had any luck with the seed mixtures. I live in Massachusetts and I always have more birds in the summer than in winter.
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The reason that we bought this feeder is to provide a feeder for smaller birds where the larger birds can not get to the feed. So far it has worked perfectly. Blue Jays and other large birds have not been able to feed at this feeder. I have not seen any Cardinals feeding at it either but we don't have that many Cardinals feeding at our Yankee Flipper feeder either.