{"product_id":"bird-feeder-with-a-weight-activated-cage-ports-close-2-lb-reservoir","title":"Bird Feeder With A Weight-Activated Cage - Ports Close, 2 lb Reservoir","description":"\u003cp\u003eThere is a particular sound a squirrel makes on a bird feeder, and once you have heard it from the kitchen you stop enjoying the view. This bird feeder answers it mechanically rather than with spikes or grease: the whole outer cage is hung on a spring, and when something heavy settles on a perch or on the frame, the cage slides down and covers all six feeding ports. The weight leaves, the cage rises, the ports open again. Nothing to reset.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe spring is adjustable, which is the part worth setting properly on day one. Wind it toward the light end and a big jay will trip the bird feeder as readily as a squirrel; wind it the other way and only real weight closes the ports. Chickadees, finches and goldfinches never register either way.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHere is the condition that comes with it, because it is on the manufacturer's own diagram and you should know it before you order: this bird feeder needs at least 18 inches of clear air around it. Hang it under a branch, against a fence top or eight inches off a porch rail and a squirrel simply braces on the fixed thing and lifts its weight off the cage — the mechanism never triggers. That requirement is exactly why we call it squirrel-resistant rather than anything stronger. Hung properly, in open air, it works well. Hung badly, it is an ordinary bird feeder with a spring in it.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe build is plain metal under a powder coat, in a dark bronze with leaf cutouts pressed through the panels, so the seed shows through the sides as well as the ports. The bird feeder holds 2 lb in a clear reservoir you can read from a window. The six ports on this bird feeder have U-shaped wire perches rather than straight bars, which small birds grip more securely and which are harder for a heavy animal to stand on properly.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA 12-inch metal hook comes with it, so there is nothing else to buy before the bird feeder goes up. Find a branch or a pole with 18 inches of nothing all around it, hang it there, and give the birds a week to find it.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWeight Slides The Cage Down\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eGive It Eighteen Inches\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePowder-Coated, And You Can See Inside\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Hook Is In The Box\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"Winslow Lane","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43305220276301,"sku":"WL-BIRDWGT","price":24.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0709\/4445\/6781\/files\/6f17bdfb90aa91fdc168241fca6183d6_9f9556a5-c0ac-4397-acd5-37db85d54fdf.png?v=1785007575","url":"https:\/\/www.winslowlane.com\/products\/bird-feeder-with-a-weight-activated-cage-ports-close-2-lb-reservoir","provider":"Winslow Lane","version":"1.0","type":"link"}