Perky-Pet Cardinal Wild Bird Feeder, Red

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

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.

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 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!

Birds absolutely love this feeder. I hear a lot of complaints are about filling it because it’s collapsible but it’s really very simple. In the middle of the top there is a little latch that opens you pull that up hold it while you fill it. Super simple just use a cup or something to pour the seed in. You can see the circle in the top of my picture. I have seen House finches, black capped chickadees , Cardinals, goldfinches and more use the speeder feeder.

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.

My goal was to get rid of all the spillage that attracts squirrels to our yard. This seems to be doing that. Since the seeds require some effort for the birds to get out through the mesh or from the tray on the base, they don’t spill as much, and we don’t have the squirrel activity that we had for a while. Although the Cardinals are my favorite, it feeds them as well as lots of other small birds. Filling it requires two hands, one to hold the lid up and one to pour the seed in, but it is not difficult at all.

I purchased 2 feeders and put them on my deck in a condo community. I’ve been spending hours a day watching cardinals (up to 4 males at once) finches, tufted titmice, woodpeckers, and of course, blue jays, among others. They are well constructed and hold a good amount of seed. I highly recommend these feeders and actually bought 2 more as gifts.

When the black oil sunflower seed gets low the seed is much higher in the center leaving few seeds available to the finches. I go out and shake the feeder to spread seed out l toward the edge of the cage. If the shape was tubular or wider on top than bottom, most seed could be eaten before refilling.