5 Essential Bird Feeders For Winter Feeding Success

Not all birds like to gather food the same way. Here are 5 bird feeder types that will help you attract more birds to your feeding stations in winter as well as other seasons.

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Cover photo by Jim Braddock
Hopper Feeder video by Hilltop Specialties
Platform feeder pictures by Jim Braddock
Multi-seed Feeder with Eastern Bluebirds by Bruce Weekes
Aspects' Finch Feeder with goldfinches and redpoll by Fiske Miles
Aspects' Peanut Feeder with White-breasted Nuthatch and Downy Woodpecker by Carrie Wadlow
Gray Catbird on suet cage by Brian Voorhees
Oregon Junco on ground by Michele Bridgeforth

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Chapters
00:00 Introduction
00:17 Importance of Bird Feeder Variety
01:02 Understanding Bird Feeding Styles
01:42 Hopper Feeders: The Workhorse
04:32 Multi-Seed Tube Feeder with Tray
06:02 Catering to American Goldfinches
07:31 Peanut Mesh Feeders for Clingers
09:09 Suet Cages for Additional Clinger Birds
10:04 Ground Feeding: Often Overlooked
11:35 Recap of Essential Feeding Styles

[jakebates]

Thanks Mark! I'm 33 and just getting into birding as a hobby. This was really useful for us begginers!

[workingbulldogs]

I can't say enough about how great your videos are! Thank you so much. Lisa, from Ontario, Canada.

[syrpentina]

Always great videos, Mark. Thank you for sharing these feeders for us and our birds! 🥰

[kathysparks]

Thank you for sharing more helpful info and pictures .May you have a Very Blessed Christmas.

[CrazyCanuck]

Thank you. This was very helpful especially having the pictures to show what the feeders could look like. I need to get a feeder for my shelled peanuts now that I know what I'm looking for.

[karenharnish]

I really enjoy your videos and helping me be a better bird friend. I always learn something new - thanks for sharing your knowledge❤️✨

[WhistlesToAnimals]

Thanks for helping out people that want to get into bird feeding. We all have our own ways of doing things. My mourning doves' favorite place to eat is from my window sills. The benefit of using window sills is that mourning doves won't be dive bombed as they are trying to gain elevation. This allows them to take off faster and in my area, they will have a better view of what might come. Also there is a trend in this country to cat hoard without walls which is also called TNR, so the ground is dangerous for a lot of birds and more in some areas than others. For some people, maybe windows aren't a good option and the ground is a better option.

[gloriadumas]

Thanks for sharing ..I'm just now feeding peanuts and Wow black crowds 👀😊 but the Blue Jay's wanted them it was awesome Merry Christmas and God bless you.

[jimpangelinan]

Mark, this was a great video. I have all five styles, but I do need to get a base and cover for my multi-seed tube feeder. I've taken to putting a handful of in-shell peanuts on my porch ledge for the Blue Jays. When I put the peanuts in the tray, the Jays disrupt all the other birds. Thanks!

[pizzapubfireman]

Thanks, Mark! Great tips. I agree with others, this was really helpful for beginners! Now we need to talk bird baths and purification disks. I was looking at the Erva stuff. I'll see if you already have a video about the topic.

[mjm]

Thanks very much for this. I’ve just started really feeding birds this winter and have learned a lot from you.

Question for you. I recently hung up a log with your peanut butter mixture in it. The pillared woodpeckers and northern flickers are loving it (excellent), but so are the crows ….. I had 21 of them by it today.

Could you do a video about how to discourage crows from coming? I may try a peanut dispenser like you showed today, but the crows have also been quite happy to eat the fallen seed under my seed feeders and they’re scaring off the birds I want.

Thank you again and merry Christmas.

[carriehodges]

Why do sparrows have to be the outliers? They get hungry, too.

[airpocono]

Great video again! at the 10:30 mark, is that junk eating off of a Amaranth flower head? We've noticed the birds absolutely love them when they start to die back.
I just realized the video was muted at that part.

[GameStreit]

Mark, love the videos and the content. You have helped me set up a feeder and bird bath that is very active here in Central Florida near Orlando. Do you have any tips or recommendations for setting up a camera on the feeder? I want a camera to see birds I might have missed and help me identify birds.

[Murphycats]

This is great! But how do you keep squirrels from taking all the ground seed?? I have a lot of squirrels. I'm in Atlanta. So far, I am having bluebirds taking baths, eating at the feeders and generally being around! Also, the finches have discovered my old black eyed susans which are all just seeds now and they are eating them. I''ve had more birds so far this season than I ever have and it is exciting. I just want to get one of the flat feeders with a roof set up and I think I'm good. Thanks for all the tips! Hope you and yours have a wonderful holiday.

[bjstewart]

Thank you for this info. How do you keep the deer from just coming and eating it all, except the finch and peanut tubes? And how do I protect the feeding birds from the hawks. I had a wonderful little grey bird that would come to my door and chatter at me, he was so pleasant, I'm sure a hawk took him. Sad.

[mariogoyette]

Hello Mark, Mario from quebec, i have a question..i have a mesh peanut feeder and another one made of steel with small round holes in it, how often should i replace the peanuts inside?

[keithroberts]

I quite agree with your tips on winter feeding of our feathered friends, My biggest issue are local Squirrels who come daily and eat all the food ment for the birds?? As I live in social housing and shared outside space, It would be impossible to use methods to rid these tree rats altogether, Cant trap, shoot, Poison, I am at my wits end on a formula???

[Wardcreek]

Hey Mark, where can I buy that pole system for my feeders? Wild Birds has something similar but $250, ouch

[senatorjosephmccarthy]

The feeders are shown begining at 2: 46.