How Durable Are Bird Feeders?

Bird Feeder and Bird House Durability
There seems to be no end to the cheap, low quality materials used in making bird feeders. You can buy "disposable" plastic bag feeders; feeders made of cloth, nylon, vinyl and metal netting; clear, lexan, colored and PVC plastic tubes, and almost any other inferior material available. Our store features nothing the but the highest quality materials engineered for both form and function. You can see the whole collection of bird feeders and bird houses here.

Keep Seeds Dry
Water can get into any feeder and spoil the feed regardless of how careful you are to protect it. Seed can and will spoil when it gets damp or wet. Cloth, vinyl, nylon and metal netting feeders are cheap and inexpensive, but they do not protect your seed from becoming rancid. Most wood, plastic, ceramic and solid metal feeders can keep the seed in the feeder dry, but water can seep into the feeding portals or seams. Inspect and choose feeders with drainage openings in the bottoms of both the feeder hopper as well as the seed tray. Bowl type feeders and trays with drainage holes can become clogged with bird seed and their droppings. If you add rainwater to this mix, it can create an unhealthy broth. For your trays, select shallower plate-like seed trays. The primary purpose of at the tray is to catch the dropped seeds while permitting spent seed shells to blow away on the breeze.