I have orioles eating at my feeder that has a trough not small holes. Do you have anything like that?
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Sorry, Bonnie, we have only had Humming Birds. We have found, however, when the holes get plugged up not as many come around. :)
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Feeder is for hummers only but I have seen several small birds on my feeder.
1611515
No. My feeder has the holes, however I get an occasional oriole at the feeder. Not sure much they can eat but they do come back.
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A domed one with drainage on the bottom. If there aren't any drill 1/8holes all around the bottom.you can hang it but not to close to the tube feeder. Animals can stratel the feeders and make a messI use a rubbermaidbird feeder and mix 60/40 mealworms with bird seed but don't use black oil sunflower seeds to much oil with clot the openings for the birds to get the mealworms. What r u feeding (birds?). Feel free to ask any questions.Mark
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Sorry it took so long as I had to go out and check it. It has drainage holes on the outer edge. I have had several different kinds of sunflower seed bird feeders and I like this one the best. The ones with the center metal shaft don't seem to last very long, so far this one is great!
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you might look at Lowies, i've seen some of the feeders, there . don't know if any are bottom plastic plate, ? Michael
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This feeder is really meant to be hung from a hook or sheperd's pole. The hole's are not large but they are big enough for small birds to eat from. Hope this helps you.
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There is an opening on the top with hooks, You can barely see the hooks in the picture of the feeder. Unhook the plate and it swings out of the way for filling. I have seen my cardinals use this feeder.
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The Orioles body weight is too heavy for these feeders and they tip it sideways when they try to land. This is the best Hummingbird feeder available in my opinion because it never drips in high wind and is easy to clean because of its design.
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There are special Bluebird feeders (they are kind of drive a through -- oh I guess I mean a fly through) that you put the mealworms in. I have also used a regular platform feeder and the deck railing, but be careful of the wind if you use an open feeder. My chickens go crazy over them, too!
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I have all sorts of birds...can't remember the name of the food except it's higher-end wild bird food (black oil seed...something). I throw out cheaper seed and bread stuffs and veggies for the ground feeders. I don't need to compost. the crows eat it all (away from the feeders, of course. The crows are smart. They'll learn where their feeding spot is.)
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I have had some insects get in and drown, but not very many and I don't think any were bees. I do not use bees guards and I don't know if the orioles would be able to use the feeder if it had them. Hummers have VERY long tongues and can easily get to a depth of more than an inch. I just don't know if orioles are similarly equipped.
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This has not appeared to have been any problem with the feeder that I got. The feeder is emptied completely by the birds, so there is no bad seed remaining on the bottom. I am certain some wet does get in though, as it would on the open bottom areas. The seed flows freely, that is a plus.
1988128
Sorry, I don't know. I've never seen an Oriole eat from this feeder but I'm not sure we have any in this area. But the Hummingbirds love it!
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no generally they don't poop when they're eating... I've had a couple other window mounted bird feeders in the past and this one is by far the best one I have had
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Feeder has worked well -- little spillage and the seed stays dry. Have been refilling it from the top all summer and the nyjer seed at the bottom seems to be OK. I plan to dump it out and check before refilling for the winter but I don't expect to have to throw out the bottom seed. Finches eat from it but so do other small birds. If you want to restrict feeding to only finches, buy an upside down feeder (holes are below the perches, not above). Took the finches a day or two to get the hang of it but they really do feed hanging upside down and no other birds do this so all the nyjer seed in this type of feeder goes to finches.
1988130
I don't know, sorry. I have not seen an Oriole at my feeder, only hummingbirds, and I don't know if it is because I live in an area where there aren't many, or if it is the feeder or some other reason. Someone told me you can use the same hummingbird suger/water mixture for Orioles but that an orange colored feeder is more attractive to the Oriole.
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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.
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Yes, I have cardinals that eat from my feeder. Although, I think they prefer flat feeders (trays), this has worked very well for me.