Bird Feeder That Closes Under Weight

$39.99

A caged bird feeder with four ports that close under weight — small birds feed, squirrels get a much harder afternoon.

Two Things Stop A Squirrel Metal Where It Matters The Bottom Comes Off The Roof Does The Work

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It takes a squirrel about a day to solve most feeders. It finds the jump, works out the grip, and by the weekend it is hanging upside down off the roof with its front paws in the seed while the chickadees wait it out in the hedge. This bird feeder makes that harder in two separate ways, which is why it holds up better than either one on its own.

The first is the cage. Green metal bars stand off the seed tube the whole way round, spaced so a chickadee, a nuthatch or a house finch hops straight through without slowing down, and close enough to keep a squirrel’s paw well away from the seed. That is also the honest limit of a caged bird feeder, and it is worth knowing before you order: it turns away the big birds along with the squirrels, so jays, doves and grackles are not landing on this one either. If watching cardinals and finches is the point, that trade is the whole appeal. If you want everything in the garden fed, this is the wrong bird feeder.

The second is weight. Each of the four ports closes when enough weight settles on the perch below it, and opens again the moment that weight leaves. A goldfinch does not register. Something heavy does, and the port shuts in front of it. Squirrel-resistant is the accurate word for the two mechanisms together, and resistant is doing real work in that sentence: nothing hanging in a garden turns a squirrel away every single time. Hang the bird feeder within jumping range of a fence, a low branch or a porch rail and a determined one still gets its shot at it. Give the bird feeder clear air on every side and the cage and the ports get to do their work.

The build is plain and it is metal — every part except the clear seed tube, under a rust-resistant coating, because this bird feeder lives outdoors through the whole year and nothing about it comes inside for the winter. It holds 3 lb of seed at 16.5 inches tall and 7 across, which on a busy garden is a refill you do on your own schedule rather than every morning. It hangs from the loop on top of the roof: a branch, a shepherd’s hook or a bracket all work.

Two small things make it a bird feeder you keep using rather than one you get tired of. The roof lifts off the top so you fill it standing up, straight from the scoop, without unhooking anything. And the base cap comes away at the bottom, so the tube empties and rinses out instead of collecting a damp layer at the bottom that nobody can reach. Seed you would not eat is seed the birds skip too.

Fill it, hang it somewhere you can see from a window, and give it a week. It takes the birds a few days to find a new bird feeder, and then it stops being furniture and starts being the thing you look at while the kettle boils.

Two Things Stop A Squirrel
Metal Where It Matters
The Bottom Comes Off
The Roof Does The Work

One size, nothing to choose — what matters is where it goes and what you put in it.

Size – 16.5 inches tall, 7 inches across (42 x 18 cm)
Capacity – 3 lb of seed in the clear tube
Ports – four, each with its own wire perch, spaced around the tube
Hanging – a wire loop on top of the roof; branch, shepherd’s hook or bracket
Seed – mixed seed, millet or sunflower

Hang it with clear air around it, well away from a fence top, a low branch or a rail a squirrel can launch from — that clearance is half of what makes the cage and the closing ports work.

Type: hanging caged tube feeder
Size: 16.5 in tall x 7 in across (42 x 18 cm)
Capacity: 3 lb of seed
Ports: 4, each with a wire perch
Squirrel resistance: outer metal cage plus ports that close under weight
Material: metal throughout except the clear seed tube; rust-resistant coating
Mounting: hangs from the loop on top of the roof
Filling: the roof lifts off to fill from the top
Cleaning: the base cap comes off so the tube empties and rinses

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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.

Small birds get in. Squirrels work for it.

CAGE PLUS WEIGHT

Two Things Stop A Squirrel

The outer cage keeps a squirrel at arm’s length from the seed while small birds hop through it, and the ports underneath close when enough weight lands on the perch. One mechanism can be beaten on a good day; both at once is a lot of work for a squirrel.

Two Things Stop A Squirrel
The outer cage keeps a squirrel at arm’s length from the seed while small birds hop through it, and the ports underneath close when enough weight lands on the perch. One mechanism can be beaten on a good day; both at once is a lot of work for a squirrel.

BUILT FOR OUTSIDE

Metal Where It Matters

Roof, cage, ports, perches and base cap are all metal — the clear tube is the only part that is not — and the whole thing carries a rust-resistant coating. It stays out through rain, frost and summer sun without going soft at the joints.

Metal Where It Matters
Roof, cage, ports, perches and base cap are all metal — the clear tube is the only part that is not — and the whole thing carries a rust-resistant coating. It stays out through rain, frost and summer sun without going soft at the joints.

TAKES TWO MINUTES

The Bottom Comes Off

Twist the base cap away and the tube is open at both ends, so old seed tips out and the inside rinses properly instead of holding a damp layer at the bottom. A feeder that is easy to clean is a feeder that actually gets cleaned.

The Bottom Comes Off
Twist the base cap away and the tube is open at both ends, so old seed tips out and the inside rinses properly instead of holding a damp layer at the bottom. A feeder that is easy to clean is a feeder that actually gets cleaned.

RAIN AND SNOW

The Roof Does The Work

The domed roof overhangs the ports, so snow settles on top of the feeder rather than in the seed and rain runs off past the openings. In the middle of a cold snap the seed underneath is still dry and still reachable.

The Roof Does The Work
The domed roof overhangs the ports, so snow settles on top of the feeder rather than in the seed and rain runs off past the openings. In the middle of a cold snap the seed underneath is still dry and still reachable.

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Hang it, fill it. Then watch who turns up.

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Two Things Stop A Squirrel

The outer cage keeps a squirrel at arm’s length from the seed while small birds hop through it, and the ports underneath close when enough weight lands on the perch.

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Metal Where It Matters

Roof, cage, ports, perches and base cap are all metal — the clear tube is the only part that is not — and the whole thing carries a rust-resistant coating.

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The Bottom Comes Off

Twist the base cap away and the tube is open at both ends, so old seed tips out and the inside rinses properly instead of holding a damp layer at the bottom.

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The Roof Does The Work

The domed roof overhangs the ports, so snow settles on top of the feeder rather than in the seed and rain runs off past the openings.

How we compare.

What a caged, weight-closing feeder does that an open tube or tray cannot.

Ours

A plain tube feeder

An open tray feeder

Outer metal cage around the seed tube

Ports that close when weight lands on the perch

Four ports with wire perches

Domed roof overhanging the seed

Metal build with a rust-resistant coating

Base cap lifts off for cleaning

Frequently asked
questions.

The questions people actually ask before buying one.

No, and we would rather say so. It is squirrel-resistant: the cage keeps a squirrel from reaching the seed tube, and the ports close when enough weight lands on the perch. A determined squirrel with a good launch point nearby will keep trying. Hang it clear of fences, branches and rails and the two mechanisms have room to work.

Small songbirds that suit a tube feeder — chickadees, nuthatches, house finches, goldfinches, titmice and cardinals at the perches. Birds too big to pass through the cage will not get in, which is the point of the cage but also the trade you are making.

3 lb, in a clear tube you can read at a glance from a window, so you refill when it is actually low rather than opening it to check.

16.5 inches tall and 7 inches across — 42 by 18 cm — with four ports and four perches spaced around it. Allow a little space around it wherever you hang it so birds can come in from any side.

Whatever suits the birds you are hoping for: mixed seed, millet or sunflower all run through it. Fill it from the top — the roof lifts away, so you can top it up without taking it down.

From the wire loop on top of the roof. A tree branch, a shepherd’s hook or a wall bracket all work. Somewhere with clear air around it beats somewhere convenient, both for the birds and for keeping squirrels honest.

Take the base cap off at the bottom, tip out whatever is left, and rinse the tube through. Let it dry fully before refilling. Doing that every couple of weeks in wet weather keeps the seed in good condition.

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.