Birdscapes® 50129 Gazebo Wood Feeder, 2 lb capacity

I bought this feeder because it looked sturdy; it's very, very heavy and appeared to be durable. Those attractive pewter-look supports are solid PLASTIC which cracks quite easily. First the shingles started falling off the roof, which I reapplied with hot glue. Then the first time a squirrel knocked it out of a small [6 ft high] tree (this item is not squirrel resistant as one tag indicates), the bottom broke in two and the "pseudo metal" supports broke in half. This feeder is attractive, but after you buy some feeders three and four times, you learn to buy the best. Attractive as it is, looks aren't everything. I would not recommend this feeder and have replaced mine with a Stokes Wire Mesh Seed Feeder.

Striped sunflower seed offers less nutrition, though they appear bigger because the heart floats around in the shell. Black oil is preferred by more types of birds; mixed bird seed will attract rats and mice as the larger birds come along and knock all the small...Read more

I've gone through many bird feeders. I've had this one for over 2 years and it still looks good today. I live in Florida where it rains almost every day in the summer and of course has extreme heat too. I really don't do any maintenance on it like I should either. The windows are made of Plexiglas and they are sturdy and uncracked. I'm not sure that glass would be good because Plexiglas holds up to the elements and it is safer for the animals. The birds love it, it looks good hanging from the tree and it holds a good amount of seed.

Received this for Christmas year before last. Finally threw it away last fall. Plastic seed holder would not sit properly to let seed fall out onto the tray. The plastic cracked within a few months, the wood shingles on the roof separated and the whole thing became a mess to deal with. Into the garbage it went!