Thistle Seed Feeder
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Thistle seed feeder. On Friday I bought a thistle feeder goldfinch thistle seed to try and attract new birds for the weekend bird count. Add the seed and hang. They fail to notice the grossness of the seed inside.
A thistle sock is a kind of thistle feeder made with an open weave material mesh that looks like a sock. When the oils dry out the seed loses both its food value and its flavor and birds shun it. But have only seen a couple birds feeding from it.
This mesh feeder features a removable top and bottom for effortless cleaning metal perches a wide roof and holes on the bottom of the tray to help rainwater drain out. In order to eliminate waste there are special thistle feeders with very tiny holes as feeding ports. This is a big mistake.
The best part is squirrels cant stand the stuffso you can hang your feeder close to the house without having to worry about those pesky rodents causing a nuisance. Goldfinches and house finches on the other hand shell the seed by using their beaks to crack the outer shell dropping it on the ground while still holding on to and eating the inner meat of the seed. So I printed out some images of the feeders and scaled the distance from the perch to the feeding holes and the length of the perches.
Hang A Seed Catcher Under Bird Feeder. It also provides a flat surface for wild birds like Mourning Doves to eat who normally cannot feed on a feeder with perches. The two most popular thistle seed feeders are tube feeders and thistle sock.
Metal mesh thistle feeders are similar to sock feeders but are much more durable. Tube feeders have small and thistle-sized holes and are constructed with accessory trays to avoid seeds fall on the ground. Nyjer Seed aka niger seed or thistle seed is a teeny-tiny high-oil content seed 40 mostly favored by finches and siskins.