Question by Maintenance Man: I want to make a cage for my thistle seed feeder, but I want the holes to only be big enough for goldfinches..?
Ok, this is my situation. The reason I need a cage around the feeder, is so that the larger birds won’t hog all the seeds away from the goldfinches. I don’t mind that other small birds of that size can get in, I just wanna keep the house finches, sparrows, chickadees, etc. outta there. I know that the goldfinch is like 5 inches long, but none of the bird sites seem to report how tall they are upright (or how wide either). That’s why I don’t know how high or wide the holes in the cage should be. I live in an area where goldfinches inhabit year round, and I realize they would be brown right now, but if you can’t keep a supply of thistle seed, you’ll most likely never see them! So that’s where I am. If someone can give me exact numbers on the height & width of the holes in the cage I want to build, I will choose the first answer with those numbers as best, which will of course earn you 10 points.
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Answer by oldguyoncorner
We had the same problem and found a stainless feeder for finches– it was a tube and the holes were no bigger than 3/16″ in dia — all the other birds could not rest on the feeder except FOR the yellow finches and there babies— for some reason they like to hang upside down to feed from our feeder– we had 3 separate families feeding and when they all came to the feeder at the same time– the worst soap opera ever –entertaining but noisy—- the height of our feeder is 16″ — the diameter is around 1 1/2″– but that should not really matter as long as feed holes are 3/16″ or the size of 2 thistle seeds side by side— down our tube a row of holes was 1/4″ apart– good luck===PS– no base or tray at bottom of feeder– keeps the other birds off—-
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