Shelled peanuts in mesh
Aspects Quick-Clean Peanut Mesh Feeder, Medium #440
A stainless mesh tube with no perches; birds cling and pull out pieces. Holds 1.25 qt.
Peanut feeders
Shelled peanuts go in a mesh feeder that birds cling to and peck pieces from, such as the Aspects Quick-Clean Peanut Mesh; whole peanuts in the shell go on an open tray, where jays and woodpeckers carry them off. Buy plain, unsalted peanuts sold for birds, and keep them dry.
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Squirrels want them too
Brome Squirrel Buster Nut Feeder
A squirrel’s weight closes the shroud; two mesh sizes, 1.3 lb, and it comes apart by hand.
For woodpeckers
Duncraft Woodpecker Mesh Bird Feeder
A grooved perch with room for the tail under each of its four ports; 1¼ lb of peanuts or sunflower.
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Droll Yankees · Platform feeder
Seed Saver Platform Bird Feeder X-1
- Holds 1 lb
- Comes apart to clean
A covered tray for seed, fruit, suet or mealworms, with a dome you raise for bigger birds.
Keep in mind: Squirrels can reach it: hang it out of jumping range or add a baffle.
Duncraft · Platform feeder
Squirrel Resistant Platform Feeder 4684
- Holds 1.5 lb
- Squirrel-resistant
- Comes apart to clean
A wide platform whose grid slows squirrels down while bigger birds still feed.
Keep in mind: Its grid limits how much seed a squirrel can reach; it does not keep squirrels off. For that, baffle the pole or hang it where a squirrel cannot jump to it.
Duncraft · Platform feeder
Eco-Strong Platform Feeder
- Holds 2 lb
An open tray that brings the most kinds of birds: seed, fruit, nuts or suet on a mesh floor that drains.
Keep in mind: An open tray collects droppings: scrape it daily and wash it every week or two.
Duncraft · Seed feeder
Squirrel Blocker Feeder
- Holds 1.5 lb
- Squirrel-resistant
Clinging birds feed through an outer grid squirrels cannot reach through; no springs or batteries.
Keep in mind: The grid also keeps out cardinals and other big birds.
Birds Choice · Seed feeder
Recycled Plastic Shelled Peanut Bird Feeder
- Holds 1 lb
Shelled peanuts for woodpeckers, which cling to its grooved sides to feed.
Keep in mind: It holds about 1 lb, so a group of woodpeckers or jays empties it quickly.
Birds Choice · Seed feeder
Shelled Peanut Bird Feeder in Brown Recycled Plastic
- Holds 1 lb
Clinging birds such as chickadees, titmice, nuthatches and woodpeckers, which pick peanut pieces through the mesh.
Keep in mind: Birds Choice makes no squirrel claim for it, so plan on a baffle or a long wire.
Birds Choice · Seed feeder
Copper Mesh Hanging Bird Feeder for Black Oil Sunflower and Shelled Peanuts
- Holds 1 lb
Shelled peanuts or sunflower for clinging birds, in a feeder whose top slides up the cable to fill and clean.
Keep in mind: It has no perches: birds cling to the mesh, which suits chickadees, nuthatches and woodpeckers better than cardinals.
Nature's Way · Seed feeder
Midnight Metal Mesh Mixed Seed and Peanut Bird Feeder
- Holds 4.8 lb
- Comes apart to clean
A large mesh tube for peanuts and sunflower that clinging birds feed on from every side, and that comes apart without tools.
Keep in mind: The tray around the base lets perching birds and squirrels feed too; Nature’s Way makes no squirrel claim for it.
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Birds Choice · Platform feeder
Supper Dome Bird Feeder for Seed Suet and Mealworms
Mealworms, peanuts, fruit or seed in a dish the dome keeps dry, with suet logs beside it.
Keep in mind: The dish is 6¼ in across and 1¾ in deep, so it holds a small amount at a time.
Who comes for peanuts
Woodpeckers, blue jays, nuthatches, chickadees and titmice all take peanuts at feeders, and peanut hearts, the broken kernels, also bring cardinals, juncos, Carolina wrens and bluebirds, according to Project FeederWatch’s list of common feeder birds.
Mesh for shelled, a tray for whole
A mesh feeder makes birds work at a shelled peanut a piece at a time, which suits clinging birds and keeps a jay from leaving with a beakful. The mesh on the feeders here runs from ¼ in on the Birds Choice BC400 to 5/16 in on its ACORNB box. Peanuts in the shell are too big for mesh: put a few on a tray, and jays will carry them off to hide.
Safe peanuts
Buy plain peanuts sold for birds, never salted or flavored. Peanuts that get damp can grow the mold that makes aflatoxin, which kills birds, so the RSPB, Britain’s bird charity, advises buying peanuts guaranteed aflatoxin-free from a reputable supplier. It also warns against hanging peanuts in the nylon mesh bags they are sometimes sold in, which can trap birds’ feet and woodpeckers’ barbed tongues, and against loose peanuts: in a feeder birds take small pieces, while in spring and summer parent birds can carry dry, hard food back to young that choke on it.
Squirrels and storage
Squirrels love peanuts as much as jays do. A weight-closing feeder such as the Squirrel Buster Nut, or an outer grid like the Duncraft Squirrel Blocker’s, keeps them off the nuts; a plain mesh tube needs a baffle and room around it. Keep peanuts in a sealed metal can somewhere cool and dry, and buy only what you will use in a few weeks.
References
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| Common Feeder Birds ↗ |
| How and what to feed your garden birds ↗ |
| Black-capped Chickadee: Life History ↗ |
| White-breasted Nuthatch: Life History ↗ |