Best Hopper bird feeders

Hopper bird feeders are the most versatile bird feeders available, which is why you don't want to waste time utilizing other bird feeders which only reject larger species.

Best Hopper bird feeders you can buy will be made in cedar, but can be made in pine with metal fixings. Seed capacity isn't important but the average will be approximately 5 pounds. Will be made to hang yet can be mounted to a post or stump, with an option to paint an untreated Hopper bird feeder.

What is essentially a made in pine or cedar bird feeder, it will be a seed-only bird feeder that is big, heavy and incredibly bulky.

Best featured hopper bird feeders will be made in thick wood, with access to either side of the hopper where a mix of wild bird seeds can spill out in to the open; thanks to an bottom placed opening that provides a way to slowly dispense seed mixes.

Up to a 5 pound capacity of seeds can be put in hopper bird feeders, of which a little more can be spilled on the outside tray.

With seeds locked behind a polycarbonate - a clear plexiglas or acrylic window - the level of seeds available can be seen on both sides.

What must be the better hopper bird feeders on the market, are those that are easy to use with really no functionality.

Thankfully, those listed are, with basically a cable or wire used to hang, plus a roof that lifts off or is hinged - which is how you fill up a hopper bird feeder with seeds. Any wild bird seeds will work in a hopper style bird feeder, which means they can no longer get stuck in a too confined but still classic tubular seed feeder.

If there is one type of bird feeder you should get hold of, it has to be a versatile hopper bird feeder you buy, and especially one that features holders to store suet cakes on either side of the wooden hopper body.

Hopper bird feeders can look different in appearance, yet most hoppers will appear to be very similar in how they are made, and work.

Its vital then you think about seed capacity because the less capacity means a smaller bird feeders - and that is important when a too large hopper bird feeder can take up too much room - plus be a pain to suspend on a pole, prone to leaning.

You'll notice the Woodlink brand is prominent on my list, of which this is a very reliable, highly reputable bird feeder brand and manufacturer - with a whole range of backyard birding products available for the yard.

Dispense seed mixes

What you get out of any type of hopper bird feeder, is the way they can dispense all kinds of wild bird seeds, to attract a wider range of wild birds.

Hopper bird feeders, which applies to all those featured below, have a wide open slot on the bottom of the clear window - where bird seeds naturally flows out as more and more bird seeds are eaten.

Seeds dispensed out of a traditional clear tubular seed feeder can get stuck or rapidly go bad, and they remain inaccessible to most birds.

Yet, a hopper bird feeder will drop out all size seeds in to the open tray where wild birds await to pick them up.

Lots of seeds can remain out in the open tray for easy pickings, which is the tray that has a panel where birds happen to perch while they feed.

Bonus suet detachments

Certainly the better hopper bird feeders do have a suet holder featured, yet those that do will have two suet cake holders attached, which is a delightful bonus.

Birds don't have to be fed seeds without suet cakes included, and vice-versa. All while, a suet cake holder mounted to a hopper bird feeder will save you the time and money as no additional, specialty suet bird feeders will be needed.

And if you have fat balls that obviously don't fit, just break them up to fill up the holders.

Suet holders can be unscrewed off the hopper bird feeder for cleaning and maintenance, while the suet is kept out of the way of the seed perching areas to avoid overcrowding.

Usually reserved for tree hanging

What are the best hopper bird feeders, are those that can be hung the easiest way possible, with all those listed featuring a looped wire or cable to hang over a tree branch, or what will probably be a bird feeding station.

Hopper bird feeders can get heavy, thus its vital your bird feeder pole can withstand any additional weight these kinds of bird feeders produce.

With a flat bottom, featured hopper bird feeders can be mounted on top of a bird feeder pole or tree trump, with additional tools, fixings and a little expertise in home improvement needed.

Hopper bird feeders are usually reserved for hanging in trees for this reason, but there's certainly no harm in suspending it off a pole like most people do.

Open up to more birds

Any wild birds who show up in your yard, and already possibly frequenting other types of bird feeders, are sure to turn up on your brand new hopper bird feeder.

Hopper bird feeders are among the most visible and accessible bird feeders on the market, thus there's no wild bird species who can't access it - even though they are seen to struggle on smaller, more compact seed feeders.

With much larger Blue Jays perhaps still finding it hard to perch if its close clearing, Cardinals will find it easier when munching on their favorite sunflower seeds.

Finches of all local birds will appear at hopper bird feeders, plus Chickadees, Sparrows, Nuthatches, Wren's, Titmouse, Grosbeak, Starlings, and many more.

Hoppers are designed to allow all size birds to perch on a wide open surround, where bird seeds are filtered out in to the open, with little to no restrictions are in place.

Hopper seed feeder data table

Product Name:	Wood:	Cap:	Type:
Woodlink - Hopper Feeder with 2 Suet Cages	Pine	5lbs.	Suspend
Woodlink - Audubon Cedar Ranch Seed Feeder	Cedar	5lbs.	Suspend
Gray Bunny - Hopper Bird Feeder with 2 Suet Cages	Pine	5lbs.	Suspend
Woodlink - Going Green Premier Hopper Feeder with Suet Cages	Plastic	5½lb.	Suspend
Creation Core - Large Hopper Bird Seed Feeder	Pine	4lb.	Suspend
Woodlink - Rustic Hopper Ranch with Suet Cages	Pine, Metal	5lb.	Suspend
Woodlink - Deluxe Cedar Hopper Feeder	Cedar	1½lb.	Suspend
Worth Store - Hopper Seed Feeder with 2 Suet Cages	Cedar	5lb.	Suspend
Woodlink - Cedar Premium Hopper Feeder	Cedar	5lb	Suspend

As you can see, the highly popular but much liked company Woodlink dominate this list with their range of hopper bird feeders. All of which are well built, follow strict safety rules, are thankfully made in USA, and shipped within the country.

I think its important to show what wood is used to build each and every featured hopper bird feeder, with pine and cedar dominating.

Bird feeders made in cedar do tend to last longer whereas pine is seen to warp or splinter sooner, due to the outdoor environment - though that is an issue you can avoid, by simply treating the hopper bird feeder in paint or stain.

With an average wild bird seed capacity of 5 pounds, more or less capacity is featured here; though I can assure you this won't make any difference to the success or failure of attracting wild birds to a hopper bird feeder.

With all featured hopper bird feeders made to be suspended, it will be possible to mount each hopper on a post or stump if it features a flat bottom, which all of them do.

1. Woodlink - Hopper Feeder with 2 Suet Cages

Reasonably priced on Amazon where its often voted as a top pick on their shopping platform.

My favorite because its featured top of course, and while its untreated and not painted, customization to this hopper bird feeder is possible, to match ones garden decor.

What you get with this quite large but still reasonably sized wooden hopper feeder, is a bird feeder made to store up to 5lbs of bird seeds - which appears to be the average capacity of these types of bird seed feeders - with several seed capacities featured.

Seeds are dumped in to the seed storage container via the hinged opening roof.

In addition, there's two suet cake holders mounted on opposite sides, where suet cakes or broken up fat balls can be stored.

Spacing between the perching area and the clear acrylic sheet acting as a window, is how wild birds notice the seeds, then land to feed.

Suspended using a reinforced, plastic coated wire that hoops on to a bracket or branch.

2. Woodlink - Audubon Cedar Ranch Seed Feeder

Standard pricing yet is highly rated among the Amazon crowd, because its what you want out of a hopper bird feeder.

Made by Woodlink in association with Audubon, this untreated, made in cedar wood hopper bird feeder is a simple as it gets.

High 5lb capacity as usual with a double sided window for wild birds to perch and feed at the same time. Come winter, the suet cakes slotted in the two holders will be visited more frequently, but will be eaten all year round.

Cable used to suspend this hopper bird feeder is hung off a reinforced plastic coated wire, which is threaded through the roof.

Roof isn't hinged but it does pull up while still connected to the hanging cable. Benefit to this style of roof, is its more difficult for rain water to get into the feeder.

To clean this hopper bird feeder, the two clear acrylic window opposite can be pulled out and put back in, to make it easy on you to maintain.

3. Gray Bunny - Hopper Bird Feeder with 2 Suet Cages

Between $30-40 on Amazon where it remains highly rated but with less votes overall.

Large, more sturdy hopper bird feeder that has a 5lb seed capacity but is made in pine, which does tend to deteriorate quicker than cedar.

Regardless, a splash of treatment or at least painting this feeder will preserve it for many more years to come.

Lift up one sided roof panel that is on a hinge, so you can replenish it with fresh seeds with no need to remove the roof panel.

One panel only as the opposite side keeps the roof secured to the hopper body. Unfortunately there's a downside to that - you'll be unable to thoroughly clean the clear acrylic window panels trapped below the one glued down roof side.

Simply suspended on a tough steel cable in order to withstand the full seed capacity.

4. Woodlink - Going Green Premier Hopper Feeder with Suet Cages

Sells well on Amazon which is probably due to it being eye-catching, fairly priced and made in plastic. Item also sold on Wild Bird Store Online.

Woodlink have gone for a bird feeder that is more environmentally friendly this time - and that is if you can call it that - as its made in 90% post consumer recycled plastic.

Plus side to that is it can be disassembled with screws, can be wiped down and features a steel screen base to allow for drainage.

It will be lighter because its made in plastic verses pine or cedar wood, but it does have a slightly higher seed capacity of 5½ lb.

Seeds are dispensed behind a raised perch area as usual, where two opposite suet cake holders are mounted.

Lift up roof to replenish with seed mixes where the cable used to suspend this hopper bird feeder is attached.

5. Creation Core - Large Hopper Bird Seed Feeder

Much more affordable hopper bird feeder on Amazon, and remains a firm favorite.

More vibrant bird feeder this time where a red roof is utilized which can be used to attract wild birds to this feeder with color.

With only a 4lb capacity of bird seeds this time, the feeder still appears quite large, yet the loss of ½lb of seed will do no harm. Its about using little seeds as possible to avoid waste, of which this hopper will ensure even less is wasted in due course.

Filling this made in pine hopper bird feeder is made easy, as the painted exterior only roof will pull up while its still attached to the cable used to hang.

With the roof pulled two one side, both acrylic windows can be removed. With that, this hopper bird feeder suddenly becomes a fly-through bird feeder platform - where bird seeds and other types of wild bird feed can be put on the now open tray - which features much needed drainage holes.

One feature, or should I say two, that are missing are suet cake holders on opposite sides; still you could mount suet cake feeders yourself if you need them.

6. Woodlink - Rustic Hopper Ranch with Suet Cages

You can see why this hopper bird feeder will be slightly more expensive when bought on Amazon, though you will get your monies worth. Also sold directly on Woodlink or on Esbenshade's Garden Centers web site.

Taking on a more darker tone, this rustic style hopper bird feeder features all what you would expect, including a 5lb. seed capacity where wild birds can land to feed on either side, which mirror in comparison.

Slot a suet cake on either suet cake holder on both sides, where additional broken up suet balls or kitchen scraps could also be held.

Lift up the entire heavy wooden/metal roof to pour in the seeds. Made in wood roof which has a real corrugated style metal sheet.

Cable used to hang is capable of holding a fully loaded up hopper seed bird feeder, yet the roof lifts up on this cable while still attached.

Full access to the interior this way where you can pull out the plexiglas sheets to clean.

7. Woodlink - Deluxe Cedar Hopper Feeder

You'd expect the smallest featured hopper bird feeder here will be cheaper at least, yet still remains in the price bracket of larger models on Amazon, or buy it via Woodlink.

I like a large capacity hopper bird feeder because its means spending less time replenishing it. Well, with just 1½ lb seed capacity, this small hopper bird feeder is ideal for far less busy yards - or when a fully loaded up bird feeder is avoided in fear of waste.

Woodlink branded hopper bird feeder which features a double sided perch area, much like its larger counterparts.

With it made in the USA, its made with real American cedar along with a cable used to hang. Said cable is centered between the roof point which means there's no need to move it out of the way, when re-filling the hopper with seeds.

Roof is hinged so simply lift it up and over like a door. In which time a single clear acrylic window can be removed all the way, so it can be cleaned.

Still plenty of room for all size wild birds to perch - and perhaps a little harder for Cardinals or Blue Jays - though they can be found to figure it out themselves in time.

8. Worth Store - Hopper Seed Feeder with 2 Suet Cages

Maybe you'll be able to snag this hopper feeder for less than $30.00 on Amazon, with the quality matched with most.

Made in a dashing red cedar wood, this hopper seed bird feeder has a high seed capacity of 5lbs, yet features additional metal suet cake holders that can be used for other wild bird feed or general scraps.

Both windows are made in polycarbonate which can be pulled out as soon as the roof is lifted off all the way, but will remain attached to the hard wearing metal cable used to hang.

Seeds spill on to the outside behind the wooden panel running lengthways across this hopper feeder, which is where all size birds will perch to feed.

Bonus feature includes a fly-through platform feeder when the windows are removed, and left out of their slots for the time being.

Now all kinds of wild bird feed can be placed on the open table, as oppose to just filling up this hopper bird feeder with general seed mixes.

9. Woodlink - Cedar Premium Hopper Feeder

Well priced if you decide to buy it on Amazon or Woodlink personally, and though it has no suet holders - bare in mind they are featured on hoppers similar in style.

One standout feature of this Woodlink cedar hopper bird feeder, is the noticeable clearing between the perch and the window where the seeds are dispensed.

What that means for your birds is, most size birds will find a way to eat, as the clearing provides room for many, including Cardinals, Blue Jays, and the largest Woodpeckers.

Large seed tray overall where smaller songbirds like Sparrows may be seen walking around on top of the spilled seeds.

How its filled will rely on a simple one-sided hinged roof panel, where seeds are placed via the one side only - as the other part of the roof remains glued down.

Hard wearing cable used to hang will slot in between each panel on the roof, but is left out of the way when it comes to replenishing the hopper with seeds.

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