iBorn Squirrel Proof Bird Feeder - Pigeon Proof Cage for Outside With Pestoff Hanging Wild Bird Seed for Mix Blends - Heavy Duty All Metal Copper 14 Inch

It's been up for weeks and no squirrels have figured it out yet. Highly recommended.

Finally a bird feeder that keeps the grackles out! It is also nice looking and easy to fill. Very pleased!

First off, I don’t have a squirrel problem, defeated those with a couple 2 litter bottles. But we do have issues with mourning doves, Grackles and starlings.. This should restrict the doves to cleaning up under the feeders which is fine with us. The other two I’m not convinced about yet. For one simple reason that made it self pretty clear quickly. When I first put the feeder out filled with chipped sun flower seeds I told the wife it may take a few days for the birds to adjust to it. Well to make a liar out of me, a chickadee was inside it in less than 3 mins…. However a few moments later a cardinal flew placed this feeder causing the chickadee to panic and flee which looked a little rough to me as there was really enough room between the tube and the cage for the bird to react without beating it’s wings on everything. Other small birds (finches (gold and purple), nuthatch, titmouse, grosbeck) where climbing all over it, investigating it. Most of these birds didn’t needed to actually go inside the cage area since they could reach to food perched on the cage. After an hour or so some of these would enter the caged area. Wood peckers could easily reach the food from outside the cage. The fact that birds can reach without entering is fine, these are birds we like having around.However, we’ve seen grackles pull off the same perching skills a woodpecker can do, so I suspect they will be able to feed from this feeder. Time will tell if the wire is too thin for the grackles and starlings to grab on to, it’s claimed they don’t like thin things to perch on. So far the Cardinals have completely ignored it… :( but they seem to prefer full sunflower seeds vs chipped seeds which the finches prefer…Over-all, we feel this feeder will help keep the non-native birds away. Price wise it’s a decent buy compared to the all plastic tube feeder without a cage that costs $17 locally. Dropping 1 star on it because I feel the diameter of the cage is to small, another 1.5in or so in radius would probably solve it.We were surprised how quickly the birds adapted to it, but it’s imho that is thanks to the curiosity of the chickadees, if you don’t get these in your yard it may take a few days or even more for them to adapt. If you have a place I’d suggest you don’t remove your current feeder and add this one to the group until they start visiting this one. Squirrels?, I think this will keep most of the mature ones away, young ones and/or smaller ones like the red squirrel or chipmunk maybe not, get more creative and find away to stop them from even getting to the feeder to start with, it can be done.

I wanted to keep the starlings from cleaning out the bird feeder. This is the answer. The wire cage around the feeder lets the Juncos, Chickadees and Sparrows in to eat and keeps the starlings out.

I've had four of these feeders for over a month and NO squirrels have gotten into them. I think they've even stopped trying. It's amazing how long the bird food is lasting now that only birds are eating it.

I would like to return this item for a refund. It is hard to fill, hard to find the right hanger, and hard to clean.The bird seed is not protected from the rain...Bully birds and squirrels steal seed from the bottom....by hanging on the sides.

The iBorn bird feeder has some positive features and one major design flaw. It is easy to put together. It has better protection from wet weather than my tube feeders because the bottom of the feeder is enclosed rather than an open tray. It has six feeding ports, two more than most tube feeders, and it's easy to fill. The house finches took to it right away.The design flaw is that the cage's diameter isn't wide enough. The outer cage needs to be at least two more inches away from the perches, all the way around. One of the first things that happened was that a female house finch got caught when she fell off a perch and opened her wings to stop her fall. One of her wings caught on a cage opening. Fortunately, she extricated herself after I went out to take a look, but it was a heart-stopping moment. Bird feeders have to be safe for the birds!!! The bigger problem is that the female house finches don't have enough room to maneuver themselves into a proper position to eat from the feeding ports. They are smashed between the seed tube and the cage. The male house finches are large enough to stand on the outside cage bars and reach into the seed ports without entering the cage. The females aren't large enough to do that. A small difference in size makes a large difference in access. Grackles, too, can get to the seed ports by simply putting their heads and long beaks into the interstices of the cage. A bigger diameter of the outer cage would keep those bullies from scarfing up the seeds.

Very big and very study! My little birds are so happy! Little bummed the cardinals are not enjoying it but they can join the Mourning Doves on the grass!