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Another feeder question

Slow-wormSlow-worm Posts: 1,630
in Wildlife gardening
I have standard seed hanging feeders for sunflower hearts, but the seeds keep clumping and get stuck, so the birds can't get to them until I go out and tap them down. I tried putting a stone on the seeds but it didn't work. This happens even when the feeders are dry. I don't remember it happening until last year. 
Any ideas on a fix, or am I just a perpetual feeder tapper forever? 

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  • LiriodendronLiriodendron Posts: 8,328
    That's odd, Slow-worm.  The sunflower hearts occasionally clump in our feeder, but only when we have diagonal drizzle...  sorry, no ideas, unless you've changed your supplier?
    Since 2019 I've lived in east Clare, in the west of Ireland.
  • FairygirlFairygirl Posts: 55,117
    I find they can stick a bit to the inside of the feeders, but I put it down to the feeder getting damp inside. They do get damp even when in a sheltered site here.
    If I see a gap between the bit at the bottom and the higher amount, I just go and shake the feeder and usually top it up at the same time.  :)
    It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....



    I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
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