Solar Hummingbird Feeder That Lights Up At Night

$35.99 $51.99

A 49 oz hummingbird feeder in hand-blown teal glass, with seven ports, a full perch ring, and a solar panel in the cap that lights the glass after dark.

It Charges Itself And Comes On At Dusk Seven Ports And A Full Perch Ring The Cap Is Doing More Than Holding The Panel 49 oz

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At about nine on a summer evening the birds have gone and most feeders become an object you stop noticing. This hummingbird feeder turns itself on.

A small solar panel is set into the top of the black cap. It charges through the day, and when the light drops the lamp inside comes on and lights the hand-blown glass from within, cycling slowly through colours until the charge runs out. Nothing to plug in, no switch, no batteries to buy — it is the same trick as a garden path light, applied to a hummingbird feeder you already wanted hanging there.

One thing to be straight about: the maker cannot decide how many colours it makes. The title says seven; the maker’s own diagram is headed six and shows six. We have gone with the lower published figure, six, because that is the one we can point at. If a seventh turns up, consider it a bonus rather than something we sold you.

By day it goes back to being a large hummingbird feeder, and a good one. Forty-nine fluid ounces — the biggest in this range — in hand-blown teal glass flecked with red, orange and green, standing 10.3 inches tall and 7 across. Seven flower ports are set into the black metal plate under the hummingbird feeder, and one continuous perch ring runs right round the outside of it, so birds land wherever they arrive and walk to whichever port is free.

The size cuts both ways and you should hear the other side. Forty-nine ounces is a great deal of nectar to work through before it turns, and in warm weather sugar water goes cloudy in a few days regardless. Fill this hummingbird feeder right up when you have a crowd; the rest of the year, put a third of it in and change it on the same schedule.

The black cap on this hummingbird feeder is doing more than holding the panel. It is a wide petal-shaped cover that overhangs the ports, so rain lands on it and runs off the outside instead of into the nectar, and it shades the sugar water from direct sun through the afternoon. Underneath, a rubber ring seats the glass into the base when you screw the two together.

An ant moat and a cleaning brush both come in the box. Fill the moat with water and hang it on the line above the feeder; ants come down the wire, reach it and stop. The ports themselves have no guards in them — nothing is set inside them — so this hummingbird feeder is not doing anything about wasps beyond keeping the nectar below the surface.

Filling the hummingbird feeder is a straight pour into a wide mouth, and the base separates from the glass for washing, with the brush included for the inside. Hang it from the bail handle on top somewhere solid — full, it is heavy — and somewhere you will walk past after dark, because that is half of what you are paying for.

It Charges Itself And Comes On At Dusk
Seven Ports And A Full Perch Ring
The Cap Is Doing More Than Holding The Panel
49 oz

One size, nothing to choose — what matters is where it goes and how full you keep it.

Capacity – 49 fl oz of nectar
Size – 10.3 inches tall, 7 inches across
Ports – seven flower ports, with no guards in them
Perch – one metal ring right round the base
Light – solar panel in the cap; six colours, cycling after dark
In the box – ant moat and cleaning brush
Cleaning – the base separates from the glass; hand wash

Full, it is heavy. Hang it from the bail handle on a bracket or a substantial branch, and where the cap gets some daylight so the panel can charge.

Type: hanging solar hummingbird feeder
Capacity: 49 fl oz of nectar
Size: 10.3 in tall x 7 in across
Bottle: hand-blown teal glass with coloured flecks, wide mouth
Ports: 7 flower ports; no bee guards fitted
Perch: one continuous metal ring around the base
Light: solar panel in the cap; six colours (the maker also prints seven)
Cover: petal-shaped cap overhangs the ports
Included: ant moat, cleaning brush
Mounting: hangs from the bail handle on top of the cap
Cleaning: the base separates from the glass; hand wash in hot water

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30-day returns – if the fit isn't right, send them back.

Birds by day. Coloured light by night.

AFTER DARK

It Charges Itself And Comes On At Dusk

A panel in the top of the cap charges through the day; when the light goes the lamp inside lights the glass from within and cycles slowly through six colours until the charge runs out. No switch, no cable, no batteries.

It Charges Itself And Comes On At Dusk
A panel in the top of the cap charges through the day; when the light goes the lamp inside lights the glass from within and cycles slowly through six colours until the charge runs out. No switch, no cable, no batteries.

SEVEN PORTS

Seven Ports And A Full Perch Ring

Seven flower ports in a black metal plate, with one continuous ring right round the outside for the birds to stand on. The base lifts off the glass for washing, and the ant moat, the brush and the solar cap all come with it.

Seven Ports And A Full Perch Ring
Seven flower ports in a black metal plate, with one continuous ring right round the outside for the birds to stand on. The base lifts off the glass for washing, and the ant moat, the brush and the solar cap all come with it.

RAIN AND SUN

The Cap Is Doing More Than Holding The Panel

The wide petal-shaped cover overhangs the ports, so rain lands on it and runs off the outside rather than into the nectar, and the sugar water sits in shade through the hottest part of the afternoon instead of cooking in the sun.

The Cap Is Doing More Than Holding The Panel
The wide petal-shaped cover overhangs the ports, so rain lands on it and runs off the outside rather than into the nectar, and the sugar water sits in shade through the hottest part of the afternoon instead of cooking in the sun.

FORTY-NINE OUNCES

49 oz

10.3 inches tall and 7 across — the largest feeder we carry. Worth filling right up when a crowd of birds is working it, and worth only a third filling the rest of the year, because nectar sours on its own schedule rather than yours.

49 oz
10.3 inches tall and 7 across — the largest feeder we carry. Worth filling right up when a crowd of birds is working it, and worth only a third filling the rest of the year, because nectar sours on its own schedule rather than yours.

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Walk past it at nine. That is the other half.

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It Charges Itself And Comes On At Dusk

A panel in the top of the cap charges through the day; when the light goes the lamp inside lights the glass from within and cycles slowly through six colours until the charge runs out.

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Seven Ports And A Full Perch Ring

Seven flower ports in a black metal plate, with one continuous ring right round the outside for the birds to stand on.

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The Cap Is Doing More Than Holding The Panel

The wide petal-shaped cover overhangs the ports, so rain lands on it and runs off the outside rather than into the nectar, and the sugar water sits in shade through the hottest part of the afternoon instead of cooking in the sun..

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49 oz

10.3 inches tall and 7 across — the largest feeder we carry.

How we compare.

What a solar feeder does that neither a plain feeder nor a garden light does on its own.

Ours

A plain glass feeder

A solar garden light

Solar panel that lights the glass at night

49 fl oz of nectar

Seven ports and a full perch ring

Cover overhanging the ports

Ant moat and cleaning brush included

Hand-blown glass body

Frequently asked
questions.

The questions people actually ask before buying one.

Six. We should say that the maker is inconsistent about it: the product title says seven and the maker’s own graphic is headed "6 Color Changing Lights" and shows six swatches. We publish the lower of the two figures because that is the one we can point at. It cycles through them slowly rather than flashing.

A small panel set into the top of the black cap charges through daylight. When the light level drops the lamp inside comes on by itself and lights the glass from within until the charge is used up. There is nothing to plug in and no battery to replace. A dull, short winter day means a shorter evening.

Hummingbirds do not feed after dark, so the light and the birds do not overlap. It comes on once they have gone and it is off again before they come back in the morning.

49 fl oz, at 10.3 inches tall and 7 inches across. It is the largest one we carry, and full it is heavy — hang it from something solid.

Only with the birds to match. Sugar water goes cloudy within a few days in warm weather whatever quantity is sitting there, so a full reservoir emptied slowly means pouring more away. Fill it right up in a busy garden and a third full the rest of the time.

No. The seven ports are plain flower openings with nothing set inside them. An ant moat is included and handles the hanging line; for wasps, the ports simply keep the nectar below the surface rather than open at the top.

A brush is included. The mouth is wide, the base separates from the glass, and the ports and the underside of the base wash separately. Hot water, rinse thoroughly, dry before refilling.

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