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It’s time to do the truffle shuffle! Invite the locals into your backyard with this feeder filled with chunks of delicious energy food.
While our Truffle Feeder is specially designed for stacking our energy truffles it’s also large enough to add sliced fruit or other bird treats from your home. For years of bird watching enjoyment buy yours today.
- Built tough to withstand New Zealand’s weather conditions
- Lightweight but strong
- Great for use particularly in autumn when birds need extra fat and protein
- Easy to hang and easy to re-stock
Where to hang your truffle bird feeder: Simply remove from the packaging, stock it up with truffles (or fruit) and hang the feeder in a tree or somewhere high up where it is well out of the reach of plotting local predators. Then make sure it’s well stocked to ensure your feathered mates know where to look for it in times of need.
Truffles sold separately.
FAQs
How do I clean a bird feeder?
First, chuck out any leftover bird food. Take the bird feeder apart and soak well in warm water to remove debris. Scrub thoroughly using a squirt of gentle dishwashing liquid. Leave it to dry completely before refilling with your local flyers’ favourite NZ-made bird feed. Tweeeet as!
Where should I hang my feeder?
Somewhere high, and dry. Always hang a bird feeder out of harm’s way. Birds feel safe feeding high up off the ground as they are out of the reach of predators like cats, rats and stoats. When hanging a bird from a tree, be sure to hang the feeder out on a limb rather than close to the trunk to discourage pests.
What should I feed the native birds?
Our native feathered friends turn their beaks up at seed but will flock for nectar, fruit and Energy Food. This isn’t snobbery but merely a matter of biology – tūī and bellbirds, for example, have a curved, narrow beak and a long tongue for sipping nectar from inside flowers.
Which birds will visit my feeder?
Tūī, korimako (bellbirds) and tauhou (waxeyes) love to visit a nectar feeder or fresh fruit stash. The little green waxeyes also get into a right flap over Wild Bird Energy Food. If you’re feeding Wild Bird Seed, it’s likely that sparrows, yellowhammers and finches will come visiting.
Is it good to feed garden birds?
If you feed them right (and wash that feeder) then there is no harm in providing sustenance to garden birds, especially in winter when food is scarce. A fed bird is more likely to breed, so keeping a feeder in your garden, along with planting native shrubbery and trees, lends a helping hand to our native manu.
