You may not have a glass house, but the birds in your backyard can. We love the simplicity of the Glass Haus Bird Feeder from Sprout Home ($56). We haven't seen it in person, but we're big fans of Sprout Home and their garden products.
We're a little nervous about the durability of a glass bird feeder, although the website assures it's "tough enough for beating wings."
We wonder if it's tough enough for squirrels, too. The stopper at the end of the cord is made from rubber, and it looks like the hook at the top can be securely wrapped and fixed around a branch.
We think these are so pretty, they'd make beautiful lanterns, filled with rocks and tea lights.
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I think these will make better lanterns then bird feeders, since there are no outlets for shelled seed at the bottom of the glass. So the shells will continue accumulating inside the feeder and to refill it you will have to chuck all the contents. Plus, it's not a very large space for seed - the birds can empty this in 30 minutes. And then what do you do?
And nothing is squirrel proof.
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You might want to look into this anti-squirrel bird feeder (it has a fairly benign spinning action created by their body weight):
http://www.yournaturesource.com/Yankee_Flipper_p/yf.htm?gclid=CI7B1IHy140CFR7KYAodf1iQew
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Tough enough, for sure, but you're going to have to refill this puppy like every 15 minutes. Birds do not "eat like birds."
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