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Five inches across. That is the whole point of it, and the reason to buy one has nothing to do with capacity — a feeder this small holds a couple of handfuls and needs topping up every few days. What it buys you is distance, or rather the lack of it. Stuck to a window or hung off a balcony rail, a bird lands about eighteen inches from your face, and the clear body means you are looking through the seed at a chickadee rather than at the back of a wooden box.
Small feeders also self-select. A five-inch cup will not take a jay or a pigeon; the birds that use it are the small ones that get pushed off bigger feeders — chickadees, titmice, house finches, nuthatches.
Three shapes, and they behave differently
Round is the open cylinder, the most exposed and the easiest for a bird to enter from either end. The house style has a pitched roof over a rectangular tray, so seed stays drier and there is more standing room. The triangle sits between the two, with a sloped back that sheds rain and a narrow tray.
The house and triangle styles carry suction cups for mounting flat to glass. All three hang from the chain that comes with them, so a branch, a hook or a balcony rail works just as well as a window.
About the camera module
A small camera is fitted to this feeder, and we are going to be plain about it because the supplier is not. It is a generic WiFi module, and no specification has been published for it — no resolution, no battery life, no app name, no weather rating, and no species-recognition capability. The seller's own product data sheet lists the feeder's feature as "non-automatic".
So: buy this for the feeder. Treat the camera as an extra that may or may not suit you, not as the reason for the purchase. If a camera feeder is what you actually want, our smart bird feeder with camera, squirrel proof bird feeder camera and waterproof bird feeder camera are built for the job and publish their specifications.
Specifications
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Dimensions (round style): 5 × 3 × 2.8 in (12.7 × 7.5 × 7 cm)
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Styles: Round, triangle or house
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Material: Clear plastic
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Mounting: Hanging chain included; suction cups on the house and triangle styles
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Feed type: Non-automatic — gravity and tray, no moving parts
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Camera: Generic WiFi module fitted, no specification published
Questions people ask
How much seed does it hold?
Not much — this is a five-inch feeder, so think a couple of handfuls and a top-up every few days in a busy garden. That is a feature if you want fresh seed and a close view; it is a drawback if you want to fill it and forget it. For capacity, look at our hanging bird feeders.
What should I put in it?
Black-oil sunflower or sunflower hearts. In a tray this size, hearts are better than whole seed because there are no husks to pile up, and a small feeder clogs with husks fast.
Will the suction cups hold through winter?
Suction cups lose grip on cold glass and in temperature swings. Clean the glass and the cup with rubbing alcohol before fitting, press firmly, and expect to re-seat them occasionally. If your window is north-facing and freezing, hang it from the chain instead.
Is it safe to stick a feeder on a window?
Counter-intuitively, yes — safer than a feeder in the middle of the garden. Strikes happen when a bird builds up speed towards a reflection. A feeder within about three feet of the glass means birds never get going fast enough to hurt themselves.
Will squirrels get to it?
Easily, if they can reach it. There is nothing squirrel-resistant here. On a window above head height they usually cannot; on a branch, assume they will.
How do I clean it?
Warm soapy water, rinse, dry fully. Small feeders need it more often than large ones, not less — seed sits in a shallow tray where damp reaches it quickly.
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