Cousin told me my finch feeder was basically a pigeon buffet, fixed it in one weekend

Last summer my cousin came over for a barbecue and said my feeder setup was all wrong. Said the platform was too big and the seed mix was too cheap lol. She pointed out I was just feeding the pigeons and squirrels not the finches I wanted. So I swapped to a tube feeder with small perches and got that nyjer seed instead of the cheap mix from the dollar store. The finches showed up in like 3 days. Has anyone else had a relative roast their bird setup and turn out to be right?

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amyr577d ago

Switched to a tube feeder and nyjer seed last month, the finches showed up in three days.

jessew837d ago

My buddy tried the exact same thing last spring. He was getting zero action at his old hopper feeder. Picked up a mesh tube feeder and some nyjer seed on a whim. Within a week his backyard looked like a finch rave. Goldfinches and house finches everywhere, he was sending me videos every day. He still swears by it and says he'll never go back to mixed seed again.