Bird Feeder In Brushed Copper

$29.99

An all-metal tube in brushed copper — six small ports for the small birds, and metal rims where a squirrel would start chewing.

Metal Where The Teeth Land Six Ports, Fifteen Inches Sized For The Small Ones The Base Comes Off

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Copper is the reason most people stop on this bird feeder, and it is a fair reason. A brushed copper tube hanging in a green garden looks like something chosen rather than something bought, and the finish goes on looking right as it dulls down over a couple of seasons. But the finish is not what makes this bird feeder work.

What makes it work is that the hard parts are metal. The lid, the base cap and all six feeding ports are metal rather than moulded plastic, and the ports are the part that matters — they are where a squirrel starts, and where a cheap bird feeder gives up first as the rim gets gnawed into an opening wide enough to empty the tube. Chew-resistant is the honest word for it: metal ports slow that down a great deal, and nothing hanging in a garden stops a determined squirrel altogether. There is no cage on this bird feeder and nothing closes under weight.

Six ports run down the tube in two staggered columns, each with its own rod perch, so several small birds can feed at the same time without lining up. At 1.4 inches the ports are deliberately small: a chickadee, a goldfinch, a house finch or a nuthatch fits comfortably, and the birds that empty a feeder in an afternoon do not. That is a choice this bird feeder makes for you, and it is the right one if you want the small birds to get a look in.

It holds 1.4 lb of seed in a tube 15 inches tall and only 2.5 inches across, which is a slim profile for a bird feeder and hangs neatly under a branch or a bracket without dominating anything. Empty it weighs 0.7 lb. Note that the hanger is on the feeder but a hook is not in the box, so if you are hanging the bird feeder from a shepherd's pole or a wall you may need one.

The lid flips up to fill, so the scoop goes straight in from above. The base cap comes off at the bottom and there are four drain holes in it, which is the detail that keeps a metal bird feeder from turning into a damp cylinder in November: water that gets in has somewhere to go, and the whole tube rinses out when you take the base away.

Metal Where The Teeth Land
Six Ports, Fifteen Inches
Sized For The Small Ones
The Base Comes Off

One size, nothing to choose — the numbers that matter are where it hangs and what fits through the ports.

Size – 15 inches tall, 2.5 inches across the tube, about 5.5 inches across the perches
Capacity – 1.4 lb of seed; 0.7 lb empty
Ports – six, each with its own rod perch, in two staggered columns
Port size – 1.4 inches, which suits small songbirds
Hanging – metal hanger on top; a hook is not included
Material – metal top, base and ports in a brushed copper finish; clear seed tube

Hang it with clear air around it and away from a fence top or a low branch a squirrel can launch from — on a feeder with no cage, that clearance is most of the defence.

Type: hanging metal tube feeder
Size: 15 in tall x 2.5 in diameter; 5.5 in across the perches
Capacity: 1.4 lb of seed
Weight: 0.7 lb empty
Ports: 6, each with a perch; 1.4 in across
Material: all-metal top, base and ports, brushed copper finish; clear seed tube
Squirrel handling: chew-resistant metal ports; no cage, no weight mechanism
Mounting: hangs from the metal hanger on top; hook not included
Filling: flip-top lid
Cleaning: base cap removes; four drain holes

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Delivered in 5–9 business days after a 1–2 day handling time.
30-day returns – if the fit isn't right, send them back.

Copper on the outside. Metal where it matters.

CHEW-RESISTANT

Metal Where The Teeth Land

The lid, base and all six feeding ports are metal rather than plastic, and the port rims are exactly where a squirrel starts work on a feeder. It slows that down considerably — it does not stop a squirrel getting onto it, and nothing on it closes under weight.

Metal Where The Teeth Land
The lid, base and all six feeding ports are metal rather than plastic, and the port rims are exactly where a squirrel starts work on a feeder. It slows that down considerably — it does not stop a squirrel getting onto it, and nothing on it closes under weight.

SIX AT ONCE

Six Ports, Fifteen Inches

Six ports in two staggered columns down a 15-inch tube, each with its own rod perch, so a group of small birds can feed together instead of taking turns. The extra height is also the reason it holds 1.4 lb rather than a couple of handfuls.

Six Ports, Fifteen Inches
Six ports in two staggered columns down a 15-inch tube, each with its own rod perch, so a group of small birds can feed together instead of taking turns. The extra height is also the reason it holds 1.4 lb rather than a couple of handfuls.

SMALL BIRDS ONLY

Sized For The Small Ones

The ports are 1.4 inches across, which is comfortable for a finch, a chickadee or a nuthatch and awkward for anything much bigger. If you have been losing a feeder's worth of seed to larger birds in a morning, this is the part that changes it.

Sized For The Small Ones
The ports are 1.4 inches across, which is comfortable for a finch, a chickadee or a nuthatch and awkward for anything much bigger. If you have been losing a feeder's worth of seed to larger birds in a morning, this is the part that changes it.

DRIES OUT PROPERLY

The Base Comes Off

The flared base cap unclips, so the tube is open at both ends and rinses through instead of holding a damp layer nobody can reach. Four drain holes in the cap let rainwater out between cleans.

The Base Comes Off
The flared base cap unclips, so the tube is open at both ends and rinses through instead of holding a damp layer nobody can reach. Four drain holes in the cap let rainwater out between cleans.

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Fill it once. Then leave it to the finches.

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Metal Where The Teeth Land

The lid, base and all six feeding ports are metal rather than plastic, and the port rims are exactly where a squirrel starts work on a feeder.

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Six Ports, Fifteen Inches

Six ports in two staggered columns down a 15-inch tube, each with its own rod perch, so a group of small birds can feed together instead of taking turns.

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Sized For The Small Ones

The ports are 1.4 inches across, which is comfortable for a finch, a chickadee or a nuthatch and awkward for anything much bigger.

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The Base Comes Off

The flared base cap unclips, so the tube is open at both ends and rinses through instead of holding a damp layer nobody can reach.

How we compare.

Where an all-metal tube holds up and a moulded plastic one does not.

Ours

A plastic tube feeder

An open tray feeder

Metal lid, metal base and metal feeding ports

Six ports with individual perches

1.4 inch ports that exclude the bigger birds

Brushed copper finish rather than moulded plastic

Base cap removes for cleaning

Four drain holes in the base

Frequently asked
questions.

The questions people actually ask before buying one.

No, and it is not sold as one. It is chew-resistant: the lid, base and feeding ports are metal, which is what stops a squirrel widening a port and emptying the tube. There is no cage and nothing closes under weight, so a squirrel can still sit on it. Hanging it clear of fences and branches helps more than anything else.

Small songbirds suited to a tube feeder — chickadees, goldfinches, house finches, nuthatches, titmice and sparrows. The 1.4 inch ports are too small for the larger birds, which is deliberate.

1.4 lb. The tube is clear, so you can read the level from a window and refill when it is actually low.

15 inches tall and 2.5 inches across the tube, about 5.5 inches across the perches. It weighs 0.7 lb empty.

No. The feeder has its own metal hanger on top, but no hook is included — if you are hanging it from a pole or a bracket rather than a branch, check you have one.

Mixed seed and sunflower both run through the ports well. Very fine seed such as nyjer will flow faster than you want through a 1.4 inch port.

The lid flips up, so filling is a scoop straight down from above. For cleaning, take off the base cap, tip out what is left and rinse the tube through. The four drain holes in the base let it dry, but let it dry fully before refilling anyway.

Free U.S. shipping and a 30-day return window. Hang it, watch it for a week, and send it back if it is not what you pictured.