Outdoor Living : Brome 1024 Squirrel Buster Plus Wild Bird Feeder with Cardinal Perch Ring

Rating: - Horrifying story of what happened today.
Last year I had great success with Squirrel Buster Plus. It was set at 4 ounces and mostly used by small birds and cardinals. Later that summer, I was able to set it at 6 ounces with the same success. This year it's been a nightmare. Set at 4 ounces, I have had pigeons, grackles and doves spend most of the day on this feeder. 4 ounces will prevent pigeons from getting any food out, but it doesn't stop them from trying. Today I looked out my window and saw a pigeon jump on while a small bird had its head all the way into the feeding port. Once the pigeon jumped on, the feeding port came down and the birds head was stuck inside the feeding port. When I ran outside the pigeon finally got off and the small bird flew away. So disgusted, I brough the squirrel buster inside the house. The weight of the pigeon closing the port on the birds neck must have caused damage or at least some serious pain for that bird. Even set at a mere 4 ounces, grackles and doves can feed without a problem. If you have to set it at less, only a couple of birds can feed at one time, so it's really not worth the money. Having 6 feeding ports is worthless if you can only set it at 2 or 3 ounces. 3 ounces will not feed doves, but I have seen grackles feeding at a 3 ounce setting. All summer I have seen nothing but large birds (pigeons, grackles and doves), while the small birds sit on the fence never getting their turn. Since the cardinals get no turn at all on the feeder, they come to the fence near my window and wait for me to throw peanuts to them. Lots of babies now and I throw out at least 50 peanut halves a day. Really sad. A bird feeder with a remote control to flip off pigeons, grackles and doves would be great.

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Rating: - Best birdfeeder out there
I love this birdfeeder. I bought it because the squirrels were practically living on my deck, where I kept my Droll Yankee feeders. After a week or so, they all gave up and now stay on the ground below, looking for discarded seed, or use the squirrel feeder I set up for them on the fence, some distance away. It's also the easiest to clean feeder I've ever encountered. No screwing in tiny parts with a screwdriver, no seed trapped between plastic and metal around the ports. Just pull it apart and wash. I love it so much, I'm planning on buying a second one at some point.

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Rating: - Bad Buy!
Bad buy.This feeder does not work if set to given instructions. It does not keep out Grackle, black birds, or crows with given instructions.. There is no proper setting. I followed the instructions given by the customer service rep when I called them. The instructions did not work. So I tried something on my own. I raised the adjustment setting half way above the first yellow line and taped three nails to the bottom of the perch. It works some what, it keeps out most of the big birds away? I see black bird, crows and grackle at the feeder every day, the food goes pretty fast. The Grackles are to clever, they get food from the feeder. I bought this feeder to attract cardinals and to keep out The big birds t out. I feel there is no ideal bird feeder.

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Rating: - squirrel buster
This was absolutely the best squirrel proof feeder I've used. No other feeder worked and I've tried many. I put a plastic rain baffel over the top whih really keeps the pesky critters away. Definitely a winner!!!

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Rating: - squirell busted
This product works as advertised. I watched 2 different squirrells try and get to the seed for almost an hour. They tried some quite ingenius techniques; all to no avail. Great product.I Highly recommend it.