PEANUT FEEDER - PRODUCT REVIEW
May 27th, 2008 by Birdy Trish
PREVIEW BEFORE THE PRODUCT REVIEW
It is easy feeding peanuts to birds in winter - just putting out whole peanuts on the bird table or the ground feeder does the trick.
From April to September young garden birds are starting to feed. This means whole peanuts should never be put out onto the bird tables during that time as the young birds could easily choke and die on the whole peanut. And we don’t want that do we? So, at the moment, the only way to feed whole peanuts is in a peanut feeder.
CAGED PEANUT FEEDER REVIEW
The caged peanut feeder is designed to be squirrel resistant. It will also keep large birds away from the peanuts.
Holds 330G peanuts
A cage which is 8″ x 8″ x 9″ surrounds the actual peanut feeder. This wire mesh cage keeps the squirrels and larger birds out.
There are circular holes in this cage just big enough to let smaller birds in so they can reach the actual peanuts.
It is a hanging feeder and the large V hook which is attached to the feeder is very useful.
It is easy to pour the peanuts into the feeder.
Below shows the feeder with the lid closed.
Click this link to see a short VIDEO OF THE PEANUT FEEDER
PROS AND CONS
I have had this feeder about three weeks and It took a while for the birds to get used to this feeder, maybe because -
- There was a supply of other bird food
- Birds do not like strange objects. (I suppose it is like us suddenly having a strange object appear in our living room)
When the peanut feeder arrived I put it
- on the ground near the meshed ground feeder. No birds went near.
- I hung it on the fence and only ever saw two blue tits flit inside.
Success - Then I hung it from a branch of our tree near all the other feeders. I have seen some sort of greenfinch, chaffinch and blue tit inside.
One thing I thought is that maybe the peanut feeder mesh holes could have been made a little larger. But the peanuts are being pecked at.
RESULT
It will save me time and money
- It will save me time beause I won’t always have to be checking the peanut feeder to make sure squirrels and crows aren’t on it.
- It will save me money because only smaller birds will get the peanuts
It will make birdfeeding more calm and enjoyable for me. I can fill the feeder up and leave it hanging in the shade of a tree in the knowledge that only small garden birds can get to ths food.
PERSONAL NOTE
Buying a bird feeder is a very personal thing. The type of feeder you buy depends on a lot of circumstances.
Maybe you don’t have any problems with squirrels.
Maybe you don’t have any problems with larger birds.
Below are three photographs. They show one of the reasons I chose a caged peanut feeder. Large birds are getting more confident, and are now bringing their young to the garden!!!
We have so many large birds mauraduing around, trying to get the bird food.
Also, Crows had learnt how to get their beaks through the the wire of my old peanut feeder and were taking over and getting all the peanuts. I got fed up with that and realised something had to be done.
Squirrels had found a way to get the lid off the old peanut feeder as well.
About a month ago I bought this Caged Peanut Feeder.
It has solved my problem.
Click here if you are interested in finding out more about this feeder
Life is Strange on 27th May 2007 this is my entry into this blog diary
Tags: Bird Feeders, peanut-feeder, product review
I have a problem with squirrels in my garden - I’ve had 4 peanut feeders, ranging from a wooden one from Wilko (99p - nibbled away and hastily withdrawn as it was clear the squirrel was gonna demolish it), a plastic one from Wilko (£1.29 - destroyed within about two days), a stainless steel one from Wilko (£2.99 - poor design and construction means the squirrel is able to pull the bottom pole out, with a fruit machine style payout of nuts onto the ground), but the best one so far (and still surviving after 7 days) is a steel one Woolworths have for half price reduced to £3.99, made by Nature’s Feast - it gets a thorough workout by the squirrels, but it’s still intact and doesn’t look like it’ll give up the ghost anytime soon. I’m going to get another before they sell out.
I’m not keen on the caged designs, as it obscures your view of the birds. This last feeder is communally shared by the squirrels (although they will be getting their own feeder soon) and the tits, and everyone seems to be rubbing along nicely.
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