Seven platform and ground feeders for cardinals, doves, jays and juncos, ranked by value, with the dome, cage and ground options that fix rain, grackles and squirrels.
Six heated bird baths and three de-icers for keeping water open all winter, ranked by value, plus the two setup mistakes that leave you with a block of ice.
Five kinds of bird camera watch five different sets of birds. The best feeder, nest box, hummingbird, bath and trail cameras, and which one sees the birds you want.
Vortex Crossfire HD, Celestron Nature DX, Nikon Prostaff P3 and three more, compared on glass, close focus and warranty. Plus 8x vs 10x in two minutes.
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Only three mechanisms stop a squirrel: weight, a cage, or a baffle. Six feeders that use them, from the Squirrel Buster to a pole-and-baffle that squirrel-proofs any feeder.
Six suet feeders compared on who can reach them, tail props for big woodpeckers, and rust. Plus the suet to buy for winter, summer and squirrels.
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Saucer or bottle is the only decision that matters. Seven hummingbird feeders compared on leaking, bees, cleaning and durability, from a window feeder to one with a camera.
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The five window bird feeders that actually stay up, how to mount them so they never fall, and what to fill them with.
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A flock of grackles can empty a feeder in an
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The five oriole feeders worth buying, what to put in them, and the timing most guides get wrong: in South Florida, orioles are a winter bird.
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