These feeders fill from the top and seeds flow down to the bottom where birds can remove them. Some types hang and feature perches. Shaped like a tube, this style features small perches, attracting smaller birds such as chickadees, titmice and finches. Suet feeders offer suet, a type of animal fat, in a wire box or basket. These can be hung or placed on a platform.
Thistle seeds are very small.
This tubular feeder attracts mainly finches. Brittingham says the menu homeowners offer birds is crucial for attracting a diversity of birds. She recommends several types of feed. Black Oil Sunflower Seeds. Eaten by large and small bird species, this seed is the best all-around feeding seed, Brittingham says.