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If you search for a Kingsyard squirrel-proof feeder, you’ll see a dozen products that look alike and work differently. Before you compare prices, work out which design you’re actually looking at. Two designs under one name Caged feeders wrap the …
The feeder cardinals like best is also the one squirrels like best. Cardinals are big for a finch and prefer to sit down to eat, so they favor open trays. An open tray is basically an invitation to every squirrel …
Most advice about setting up a pole-mounted squirrel-proof bird feeder starts with the hardware. It should start with your yard. A baffle only stops squirrels that have to climb past it. If a fence, deck rail or branch sits within …
Squirrels treat every feeder like a puzzle with a prize at the end. Most squirrel-proof feeders try to make the puzzle impossible. The famous Droll Yankees design takes another route: it makes the puzzle unpleasant. How the Yankee Flipper works, …
Orioles are one of the more rewarding backyard birds to attract — bright orange, vocal, and genuinely striking against green leaves — but a feeder built for other birds usually won’t do the job. Here’s what actually matters when choosing …
House finches are one of the easiest backyard birds to attract — which also means getting a feeder that actually works for them, and keeps them healthy, matters more than people expect. Here’s what to look for, and one hygiene …
Diet gets covered elsewhere (full guide here) — this is everything else worth knowing about hawks: how well they actually see, what makes them different from a falcon, and a few classification questions that trip people up. Can Hawks See …
This isn’t a species-specific diet guide — it’s the bigger picture of predation involving birds: what eats their eggs, what birds themselves hunt, and where birds fit in the wider food web. (For a specific bird’s diet, check the guides …
Crows get talked about constantly for their intelligence and their diet, but two of the more basic questions — how long they actually live, and what their beak really looks like up close — get surprisingly little attention. (For diet …
Diet gets most of the attention when people look up ducks, but the day-to-day questions — how they sleep, what they sound like, whether they can see at night — are just as common and a lot less covered. Here’s …