Clingers Only Bird Feeder, Green

This is the best designed feeder for clinging birds that I've been able to find. It is far superior in quality and ease of cleaning compared to the Becks Chickadee Bird Feeder. This Songbird Essentials "Clingers Only" feeder is very easy to open or completely disassemble (if desired) for cleaning and easy to fill. It is made of sturdy, thick plastics that have weathered some pretty severe storms where I live.

The gold finches, house finches and chickadee's love to visit these feeders. Even sparrows have an occasional go at them.

I would not call these (or the Becks feeder) guaranteed to prevent larger "non-clinging" birds from feeding at these stations. Grackles and Starlings (I hate them) are smarter than some people give them credit. I have seen both species fly up to the feeder, grab hold of the rim from which the clinging birds hang, rotate under and use their tails to brace themselves on the bottom of the feeders. While hanging upside down in...Read more

This was an impulse buy at Wild Birds Unlimited, but I've been really happy with it.

The stated intention is that it's for smaller birds that can cling to the rim of the feeder tray, discouraging larger birds from using the feeder and bullying the smaller birds away. I'm happy to report that it does exactly that!

We regularly have goldfinches, purple finches, and chickadees visiting this feeder, and the cardinals are able to enjoy the seed that is dropped below. No more starlings, grackles, and other large birds consuming everything in sight.

One unexpected feature of this feeder is its strength against racoon invaders. Even though we have it on a tall shepherd's hook, racoons have pulled it down several times. They haven't managed to open the top (it screws on with a quarter-turn), but they weren't able to break the feeder by pulling it apart either.

This is an economical feeder that is durable, works as advertised, and is quite a...Read more

I got this because it was affordable and looked like it would be somewhat squirrel proof. It is made of study plastic and so far, the squirrels have left it alone. I have it hanging on a 4-prong metal hanger post along with a traditional cedar feeder, a squirrel buster feeder and suet cage. Out of all my feeders, this is the one the birds don't use very much. The ledge is very small, and as the name implies, it's just for clinging types of birds. However, the only birds I've seen on it are chickadees. I was watching the other birds, and even the finches have can't land on it. They beat their wings in the air like hummingbirds while they try to gain a foothold, to no avail. Even with the chickadees, this is their "last resort feeder" if the others are occupied or empty. (Update -- as the winter months have gone by, the chickadees have begun to use this more. They are still the only birds I've seen on it though. But, I does appear to be squirrel proof.)