Perky-Pet Cardinal Wild Bird Feeder, Red

This is larger and sturdier than I thought it would be. I like that! It is bright and attractive and holds a good amount of bird feed. I have noticed several birds perched all around it and one or two just sitting for the swinging motion! I have yet to see male cardinals come so I am hoping they will. I rated it with 4 stars because the top of the feeder has to be held up while the new bird seed is being put it, so that is alittle difficult and that I have seen no cardinals come to feed yet. It is well-made and will last a long time.

I bought this thinking that with the metal mesh body, the squirrels might find this feeder was not worth the effort to get seeds out. Sadly, exactly the opposite was true. They were totally obsessed with it. Like some extremely intriguing puzzle they felt compelled to solve. The second I hung this up there was a squirrel on it and they fought over it for 24 hours, and each squirrel who perched on it stayed forever, until the small amount of black oil seeds I put in to test things out - about two cups, was completely gone. I did not care for the design either. The latches do not stay shut on the lid and the squirrels managed to unhook both of them, so the lid did not stay closed or lie I bought this thinking that with the metal mesh body, the squirrels might find this feeder was not worth the effort to get seeds out. Sadly, exactly the opposite was true. They were totally obsessed with it. Like some extremely intriguing puzzle they felt compelled to solve. The second I hung this up there was a squirrel on it and they fought over it for 24 hours, and each squirrel who perched on it stayed forever, until the small amount of black oil seeds I put in to test things out - about two cups, was completely gone. I did not care for the design either. The latches do not stay shut on the lid and the squirrels managed to unhook both of them, so the lid did not stay closed or lie flat. The feeder was larger than I expected and I didn't want anything that holds so much seed, especially seeing the hit it was with my squirrels. The cardinals would've liked it if they weren't constantly shooed away by squirrels. The finches, tufted titmice, and white breasted nuthatch each got their two seconds of feeding time while the squirrels were taking an extremely brief break. I will give this two stars for the mesh managing to stand up to all the gnawing. Filling it is annoying and the rim separates from the base, allowing any seed that gets onto the rim to fall out, as several squirrels quickly demonstrated. I'm really grateful to Chewy for refunding me for this feeder. … more

The cardinals still love it but have bought one of these several years ago and I can say the build quality has severely suffered. Start with the paint. It fades really fast in just a month and the way you load the seed has become much more difficult than past models of this. Not that its changed over the ones made over 10 years ago but the use of sub-standard materials in the ones made now. Have had to modify with much better materials to fix how to load seed. Within 6 months the red has turned to brownish red and the paint on the bottom tray is peeling off and is now rusting. Not buying any more of them until they address the severe lack of quality. Do not recommend. Avoid

It is attractive and I have seen one cardinal so far. Major problem is that the top does not fasten securely, thus letting in rainwater.

This feeder is great. It’s easy to fill, there’s a lip at the bottom for birds to perch on if they like, but the seed doesn’t flow out the bottom so deer can’t get at it. I’ve seen many different varieties of birds use this feeder so they’re happy with it, too. It also holds a decent amount of sunflower seeds so I’m not having to fill it constantly. I’ve got 4 of them now.

This feeder is just the right size. It is well made and nicely designed. The color is perfect.

This is a very interesting bird feeder. It's basically several pieces connected together. Very unique. I will be using it as soon as I have the seeds for it. The red color is beautiful and will show up nicely while hanging from the big juniper tree!

Nice metal feeder that provides great feeding area for my cardinals and other birds Put HOT MIX bird food and squirrels will stay away

Top does not sit flat on the top of feeder allowing rain to get the seeds wet.

I believe the only reason too call this a 'cardinal' bird feeder is because of it's red color. Haven't had a single cardinal yet. Score: Blackbirds/Crows, 100; Cardinals, 0.