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This was the most disappointing buy ever. It was very expensive and, although beautiful, absolutely useless. Squirrels have no problem climbing up the pole (even though I covered it with vaseline). Small birds are terrified of the glass and never use it. Rain collects in the base and makes the seed mouldy or start sprouting. I have never been so cross with an inanimate object! Don't buy it.
I was bought this as an unexpected present and I love it. It is beautiful to look at and the birds love it - we now have far more song birds and others in the garden as a result. I wonder if it has been redesigned given the negative comments from some other users who had the item some years ago. The wood pigeons in our garden can't eat from it (although they do eat the seeds that fall off) and can't balance on it. We have watched a squirrel attempt to shin up the pole but slide back down before reaching the top (wish we had a video camera to hand). All in all highly recommended addition to the garden and so much more attractive then a conventional bird table.
Not only an eye catching object for your garden, it actually works, the birds love it. The glass dome needs to be handled carefully, we broke the first one after a couple of years use but liked it so much that we've bought another one.
This is far superior to the wooden table feeder we took down last year, and a million times better than a ground "hopper" we tried. Through fine weather and foul it has stayed put even lasting through last weeks 80mph winds! I fill it up when its completely empty which has been approx. every 3 months. I use sunflower seeds and the birds love them! It is placed near enough to a hedge that shy birds will use it, we now have more different varieties than ever before visiting. It is expensive but has been worth it to me to see all the birds in our suburban garden. We do not have squirrels but we do have blackbirds/magpies/pigeons etc and none of them use it, they preferred the wooden tables. UPDATE 09/03/11: Its still up, still working and am thinking of getting another one.
