Mark,My favorite peanut feeder is the Brome Squirrel Buster nut feeder. I use the smaller mesh insert so the birds stay a little longer and I don’t have to fill as much.
When it comes to feeding peanuts, I put just a hand full of in shell peanuts out in a small terra cotta pot that I have placed in the crock of my cherry tree for the jays and the wood peckers each morning.
I mix peanuts into my main feeder which is a gravity camera feeder with fruit and other seeds and there is no problem. This feeder has a stove pipe baffle. I have other gravity feeders which are squirrel proof I use this mix on which it works on as well. I think the other seeds mix help the peanuts move thru the feeder. My red bellied-woodpecker will eat fruit over peanuts most of the time.
Thanks Mark. I'll tell you what, my mesh feeder filled with good quality whole raw peanuts was just ignored by the red-bellied woodpeckers that I have here in central eastern Florida. It was suggested that I remove the other feeders on the pole and perhaps the woodpeckers would start using it. I had great success with this feeder in Kansas, Ohio and Oklahoma. So I've been puzzled by this. I've been here 1 1/2 yrs. and I've seen one downy woodpecker but not at the feeders. We also have pileated too, but they've not been at the feeders, just the trees behind our property. The red-bellied woodpeckers do use the suet feeder using a suet cake with a combo of peanuts, seeds and bark butter bits). I really enjoy your channel.
Thank you. I’m glad you enjoy the channel! My first thought is that the presence of insects year round their may have something to with the peanut situation.
Thanks again i needed to hear that and see the feeders for peanuts i like the mesh and for my blue Jay's shelled on my platform 😊🙏🐦 Thank you God Bless you all 🙏
Mark, Thanks for a great video very informative! Have you ever used or reviewed any of the Brome Squirrel Buster feeders? I have three and love them especially the nut feeder.
I do and absolutely love them. I wrote an article several years ago and proclaimed the Squirrel Buster Plus the greatest bird feeder ever made. I’ve never used their nut feeder.
besides in-shell peanuts, is there anything else I could put out for the jays that would deter the house sparrows? Ideally, a no-mess option would be preferred, but those little undesirables get into everything else!
I feed raw shelled peanuts to attract blue jays. They wait for me to fill the feeders. They empty it quickly. Cardinals hang out on the ground for scraps.
I asked the owner of the company the same thing. He explained that the cost of getting the wire bent correctly is actually more expensive than making plexiglass tubes and perches.
You can get 5 pounds of shelled peanuts at Menards for 7.50 sometimes on sale for 5 bucks. The slinky feeder is great for blue jays and woodpeckers.
That is a great price. Hopefully they are unsalted
Mark,My favorite peanut feeder is the Brome Squirrel Buster nut feeder. I use the smaller mesh insert so the birds stay a little longer and I don’t have to fill as much.
@@pedrosikes I like that feeder as well. I do wish more feeding surface area was added exposed but understand the concept prevents that
When it comes to feeding peanuts, I put just a hand full of in shell peanuts out in a small terra cotta pot that I have placed in the crock of my cherry tree for the jays and the wood peckers each morning.
That is very similar to my method of feeding in-shell peanuts!
Informative. I’ve been feeding birds for 40 years but I’m learning from Mark’s videos how to do it better.
@@corneliusalwood4656 Thank you for the kind words
I mix peanuts into my main feeder which is a gravity camera feeder with fruit and other seeds and there is no problem. This feeder has a stove pipe baffle. I have other gravity feeders which are squirrel proof I use this mix on which it works on as well. I think the other seeds mix help the peanuts move thru the feeder. My red bellied-woodpecker will eat fruit over peanuts most of the time.
Thanks Mark. I'll tell you what, my mesh feeder filled with good quality whole raw peanuts was just ignored by the red-bellied woodpeckers that I have here in central eastern Florida. It was suggested that I remove the other feeders on the pole and perhaps the woodpeckers would start using it. I had great success with this feeder in Kansas, Ohio and Oklahoma. So I've been puzzled by this. I've been here 1 1/2 yrs. and I've seen one downy woodpecker but not at the feeders. We also have pileated too, but they've not been at the feeders, just the trees behind our property. The red-bellied woodpeckers do use the suet feeder using a suet cake with a combo of peanuts, seeds and bark butter bits). I really enjoy your channel.
Thank you. I’m glad you enjoy the channel! My first thought is that the presence of insects year round their may have something to with the peanut situation.
I just purchased peanuts yesterday. Before putting them out I checked your playlist, Sure enough you had the info,
Thanks again i needed to hear that and see the feeders for peanuts i like the mesh and for my blue Jay's shelled on my platform 😊🙏🐦 Thank you God Bless you all 🙏
Perfect video, so informative. Exactly the info I needed. 🙏🏽
Excellent. Thanks for letting me know.
Thank you for your information.
Mark, Thanks for a great video very informative! Have you ever used or reviewed any of the Brome Squirrel Buster feeders? I have three and love them especially the nut feeder.
I do and absolutely love them. I wrote an article several years ago and proclaimed the Squirrel Buster Plus the greatest bird feeder ever made. I’ve never used their nut feeder.
You should give the nut feeder a try I don’t think you’ll disappointed.👍🏼
@@pedrosikes I will likely have to in our new house as squirrels will be a greater challenge.
What about roasted unsalted peanuts?
They are fine.
Thanks! Learning so much.
Thanks. Well explained
Hi Mark, where can I purchase the whole shelled peanuts?... can't find them anywhere..
shopbackyardbirdcenter.com/collections/basic-seeds/products/copy-of-black-tie
They can be hard to find. Even in wild bird supply stores. We have them available online, the link is below.
I only find unsalted shelled peanuts in a grocery store called Super C, but they're for human consumption and expensive ($7 Canadian / bag.)
Sams Club sells them
besides in-shell peanuts, is there anything else I could put out for the jays that would deter the house sparrows? Ideally, a no-mess option would be preferred, but those little undesirables get into everything else!
Some believe in the large Gray Stripe Sunflowers as a deterrent for House Sparrows. Could be worth a try.
Great video.
Thank you.
I feed raw shelled peanuts to attract blue jays. They wait for me to fill the feeders. They empty it quickly. Cardinals hang out on the ground for scraps.
They bury a bunch of them. They find some but not all
$53 for a wire peanut feeder?
I asked the owner of the company the same thing. He explained that the cost of getting the wire bent correctly is actually more expensive than making plexiglass tubes and perches.
@@MarksBackyardBirds Thanks for the reply.
Blue jays clean me out when I gave them shelled peanuts
They will do that. A mesh peanut feeder really helps when that. I give them a handful of in-shell peanuts each day but not more than that
That feeder is great, but not if your wanting cardinals. Cardinals need a perch to land, this feeder is not the best for ALL birds.
It is made for tree clingers. Cardinals prefer open trays
A slinky on a pole will keep the squirrels away.
My experience is it doesn't last very long. The squirrels and raccoons stretch them out then crawl right up.