birds still are not eating from this feeder whats wrong?????
1055600
How long has it been? It can take a week or two for the birds to notice it and trust it. Do you have other feeders the birds go to? Is this one out in the open? What kind of seeds are you using?
1055601
It takes awhile for the birds to find the feeder. I think it took about 1 week. If it's in a spot near cats/dogs, the birds will avoid it.Also, I don't know where you live, but I'm in Chicago, and with the below zero weather even the birds didn't show up.
1055602
It takes awhile for the birds to find the feeder. I think it took about 1 week. If it's in a spot near cats/dogs, the birds will avoid it. Also, I don't know where you live, but I'm in Chicago, and with the below zero weather even the birds didn't show up.
76754
Sorry Patti, can't help you with this one. Have had my feeder only three months and everything is working find for me. Good luck with your problem
2250758
It sounds like you are doing everything right-- offering a water source and trees and shrubs for shelter. Timing could be the issue here. Birds can be pretty suspicious of anything new, and it will take time before they will eat from the feeder (especially since their natural food sources are becoming available as we get further into spring). Just please make sure you are keeping the seed in the feeder fresh-- maybe keep a little less seed in the feeder and change it every few days until you start to get some visitors. Also, are you seeing Finches at any of your other feeders? If not, you may attract them to your area by planting some milkweed or composite plants.
2250760
Is this the first feeder you have had in that area?Maybe move it to another place. Make sure your seed is fresh. You can try mixing fine sunflower chips with the thistleBe patient
1778118
Hi, In answer to your question. I have not seen any bird droppings in the feeder, as the food gets towards the bottom, I just dump what few stray seeds are in there and fill with fresh seed. They really are still shy and do not sit inside for long, and I still enjoy this feeder and get lots of birds everyday.
802854
If it is hug correctly they are too heavy, they still eat what the other birds throw on the ground. If you have a number of wrens and sparrows they empty the feeders pretty quick. It still is funny to watch the squirrels try with out success.
235418
Not sure, but I have seen the condition you refer to in many feeders I have previously owned. I bought mine as a gift for someone, and can ask them to keep an eye on the condition for me. Don't think they've owned it long enough to have seen this condition yet.
1573616
I'm in New England and the prominent birds that use the feeder are Goldfinches. That was the problem they hang out at this feeder & the titmice, chickadees, nuthatches don't have a chance to get the seed. We do have a finch feeder out but they prefer this. I have seen downy & hairy woodpeckers also occasionally a cardinal give it a go if it is quiet. Crackles (blackbirds) also are on the feeder. I'm looking for another feeder that will accommodate the variety of birds we are used to feeding.
249079
Yeah! Starlings and grackles are too big to land on this feeder. I've had mine over a couple of years and have never seen those birds on it. Haven't seen cardinals on it either. Just the smaller birds. And my area gets LOTS of starlings and grackles and crows!
593843
Seems to me that this is a question for Amazon or whomever sells the feeder. But I can tell you that this feeder is useless if you bought it with the assumption that squirrels can't or won't eat everything in the feeder.
2191198
Don't have that problem, but it does take birds a few days or a week before they use a new feeder. Perhaps if u r sitting on the porch it scares them away. First put feeder on a branch and slowly bring to porch. They don't like traffic. I have it hanging outside my kit window when I do dishes. They seem to like it under the overhang. Be patient. Parent birds r nesting Good luck. Oh and make sure the see isn't moldy. I opened up a new bag and it was all moldy. The whole shipment was
2250762
It sounds like you are doing everything right-- offering a water source and trees and shrubs for shelter. Timing could be the issue here. Birds can be pretty suspicious of anything new, and it will take time before they will eat from the feeder (especially since their natural food sources are becoming available as we get further into spring). Just please make sure you are keeping the seed in the feeder fresh-- maybe keep a little less seed in the feeder and change it every few days until you start to get some visitors. Also, are you seeing Finches at any of your other feeders? If not, you may attract them to your area by planting some milkweed or composite plants. It sounds like you are doing everything right-- offering a water source and trees and shrubs for shelter. Timing could be the issue here. Birds can be pretty suspicious of anything new, and it will take time before they will eat from the feeder (especially since their natural food sources are becoming available as we get further into spring). Just please make sure you are keeping the seed in the feeder fresh-- maybe keep a little less seed in the feeder and change it every few days until you start to get some visitors. Also, are you seeing Finches at any of your other feeders? If not, you... » Read More It sounds like you are doing everything right-- offering a water source and trees and shrubs for shelter. Timing could be the issue here. Birds can be pretty suspicious of anything new, and it will take time before they will eat from the feeder (especially since their natural food sources are becoming available as we get further into spring). Just please make sure you are keeping the seed in the feeder fresh-- maybe keep a little less seed in the feeder and change it every few days until you start to get some visitors. Also, are you seeing Finches at any of your other feeders? If not, you may attract them to your area by planting some milkweed or composite plants. « Show Less
992151
We don't have very many starlings here. Had a couple of flocks migrating through and they didn't get on the feeder, just ate the seed on the ground spread by the other birds.
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.
1179803
I didn't have much luck with this feeder. The squirrels figured out a way to get at the seeds. After about 3 weeks of use, a couple of the screws came loose and one of the perches fell off. I couldn't find some of the parts in the snow so I just wrote it off as a loss. You might try hanging some weights off the perch and see if that helps. I'm sorry that I can't be much help to you.
1761437
Mine is on a window that has no access point for squirrels. That is the only thing I can think of, other than to load it with safflower seed. Squirrels don't eat that. The only problem is, I've found that not many birds care for it either.
331467
The Cardinals won't go near this bird feeder. I have two feeders and even the smaller birds will hardly touch this feeder, they prefer the standard feeder with an open tray, this one has elongated holes that the birds have to reach through while sitting on a spring loaded perch. The spring loaded perch will not support the larger birds like Cardinals, even when it is set to the maximum weight adjustment.