Classic Gilbertson Bluebird Feeder

My bluebird bonded pair immediately started using the feeder. The female was incubating her first brood, and eventually introduced the fledglings to the feeder. Then, they had a second brood. Now I have an entire family of bluebirds visiting daily. I had already been feeding live mealworms to the pair out of a glass ramekin. So, to transition them, I started to provide mealworms on the feeder, and then by placing live mealworms on the outside edges of the feeder so they would investigate the inside. (I recommend leaving the removable bar out at first, until they get comfortable going inside.) I know live mealworms are always moving around, but fortunately, the bluebirds immediately picked up on the mealworms that were placed on the inside edges of the feeder. None of them got away. I did eventually and temporarily have a problem with a juvenile mockingbird getting in the feeder. I ended up having to wrap the feeder in kitchen twine, with 2 inch gaps. This stopped the mockingbird, and was a huge pain in the butt to maintain, but I would still recommend the feeder. The bluebirds love it.

The bluebird feeder is well built, packaged and shipped without any damage. It was easy to hang and fill with mealworms. However, even though we have bluebirds in our yard, I have not any come to the feeder. I did remove one side post and put some worms on top of the feeder so the birds would see them and hopefully go inside to eat.

This feeder seems to be what I've been looking for. We put it up just this week and already the titmice and wrens have figured it out. The bluebirds are slower historically to adapt to new feeders. We have a LOT of youngsters visiting this season, but so far they prefer clearcut feeder options. The one thing I really appreciate with this feeder is the one removable bar so the bird peeps can figure things out. Hugely important. Hence the 5 stars. Well done.