Customer Reviews

Audubon #NATUBE3 Squirrel Proof Caged Tube Type Wild Bird Feeder

5 star:		(5)
4 star:		(3)
3 star:		(0)
2 star:		(0)
1 star:		(4)

 

 

This bird feeder worked for a few days then some wiley squirrels figured it out. They pried up the top cover and helped themselves. To remedy this I took a piece of wire and fastened down the cover. Now it works fine.
It gets a 4 star rating instead of 5 beacuse I had to come up with my own solution for our persistent squirrels.

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I putchased this feeder because my feeders were being attacked by pigeons and They kept the small birds away from the feeder. This feeder keeps all the large birds away and lets the little ones feed. It works. Thank you.

Not only did the squirrels figure out how to pry open the top and chew the edge of the tube in order to reach the seed, once that was remedied they simply squeezed into the cage itself to help themselves. I expected better from an Audubon product.

I'm writing today, because I woke up to see a squirrel under a ripped open feeder, sitting in front of a pile of bird seed. This squirrel proof feeder is not strongly made, and IS NOT SQUIRREL PROOF!

I had such high hopes that this would be just the right feeder for my ever increasing population of pesky squirrels. But because we had so many young ones, the squirrels just climb through the cage openings and feast away. They can empty this large feeder in a day! I have even tried spraying them with water to make this as unpleasant an experience as possible but then they get so frantic they trap themselves inside the cage and can't get out. Don't bother trying this one....it simply doesn't work!

Excellant bird feeder, small birds pass thru the outside wire and squirrels cannot reach in to the feeder. Good distance between the outside wire and the bird feeder.

The feeder works well at keeping the squirrels out of your seed. I did have a squirrel try and pry the top cover off, but he never got it off. They seem to not bother with it anymore and just eat the seed on the ground. The only problem is that only small sparrow type birds go in it. I have not seen any Cardinals or other birds of that size. Overall it works as it is designed and keeps the squirrels out.

I purchased this caged bird feeder for my husband for Christmas because he had been complaining about the large birds coming to our feeder and scaring away the small birds. We do not have a squirrel problem, so I can't evaluate it for that--but the tiny birds LOVE it, and there are usually several inside at any one time. We are also attracting birds that we have seen only rarely in the past. The only downside is that, even though the feeder holds quite a bit of seed, the birds manage to empty it in one day!

This feeding tube is worth the money. We bought it as a Christmas present and it more than met our expectations.

Great feeder until, as with Judith, a squirrel decided to put the bite on the exposed, top plastic parts of the seed tube. Totally destroyed. I'm now in the pleasant misery of trying to replace the tube. If you buy this otherwise great Goldfinch feeder, shape a 1/4 inch metal mesh cover over the vulnerable top and bend the end wires to keep it in place. Otherwise, this thing is too expensive to put out for tree rat marauders.