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Elwood's Copper Bird Feeder
Elwood's Copper Bird Feeder
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Elwood's Copper Bird Feeder
Elwood's Bird Feeder
A hanging copper feeding dish for the birds a tube feeder leaves out — juncos, cardinals, tree sparrows and mourning doves. Hangs clear of cats, rats and the mess under a feeder.
Please note: this is the last batch. When the current stock is gone, there won't be another run. Ships within Canada in 2–3 business days.
Every yard on our road has a plastic tube feeder, and every one of them is a chickadee-and-finch club. The juncos and the cardinal sit underneath in the snow picking up what falls. I wanted a dish they could actually land in — something I could hang where the cat can't get at it, tip out, rinse, and hang again in half a minute.— Elwood Brannigan, Picton, Prince Edward County
What arrives at your door
One piece. No assembly.
Seven things that separate this from a tube feeder
Each one changes which birds come and how safely they feed.
Juncos, cardinals, tree sparrows and mourning doves can't cling to a tube like a chickadee can. A shallow dish they can stand in is the difference between seeing them at eye level and seeing them scratching in the snow underneath.
Clear of the ground on a short rod: cats can't crouch beside it, rats can't climb to it, and there's no pile of mouldy seed and droppings building up underneath.
Holds a thin layer, not two weeks' worth. Put out what gets eaten the same day and nothing sits going damp or mouldy — exactly what Birds Canada recommends.
Lift off, tip out, hot water and a rinse, hang back up. No ports, no perches, no corners for old seed to hide in. Birds Canada's first rule: only use feeders that are easy to clean.
Moving a feeder now and then keeps the ground underneath clean. A hook over a branch means you can shift it across the yard in the time it takes to pour a coffee.
The iron core gives it weight, so a dish of millet doesn't end up on the snow every time the wind comes off the lake.
Darkens and greens a little more each season, like an old church steeple. After a winter outdoors no two look the same.
Why most people hang two
Because of how backyard birds actually behave in winter.
A blue jay will land on any dish and empty it while everything else waits in the lilac. A second feeder a few metres away gives the juncos somewhere to eat in peace.
Spreading birds over two small dishes instead of one busy one means fewer birds on the same seed at once — which is how disease spreads at feeders.
White millet in one, black-oil sunflower in the other. Juncos and sparrows take the millet, cardinals and chickadees the sunflower.
One hanging, one drying after its rinse. The birds never find an empty hook on a minus-twenty morning.
Forty-one years I laid copper on steeples and roofs. It's the one metal I know that sits outside for a century and only gets better looking. The first feeder I made after Bev's umbrella blew over was copper, and every one since.— Elwood on why it's copper
Tube feeder vs Elwood's copper dish
Same seed, very different birds.
| Who can eat from it | Tube: clinging birds only · Copper dish: juncos, cardinals, sparrows, doves and the clingers |
| How much it holds | Tube: up to two weeks of seed · Copper dish: one day's seed |
| Cleaning | Tube: ports, perches, corners a brush can't reach · Copper dish: tip, rinse, 30 seconds |
| Under the feeder | Tube: spilled seed and droppings for the ground-feeders · Copper dish: they eat up off the ground |
| Lifespan | Tube: plastic cracks in the cold · Copper dish: patinas and lasts |
From the workshop
"A handful each morning, let them clear it, tip out anything left before dark. Come May, stop the seed, rinse it out and let it fill with rain — it makes a decent drinking dish through the summer. But I built it for the junco in January."
"Hang it a metre or two from a shrub or a cedar hedge. The juncos like somewhere to dive into when the hawk comes over."
30 days, no argument
Hang it, feed from it, watch who turns up. Not happy with it within 30 days? Send it back for a full refund. No forms, no questions.
Product details
| Material | Iron with applied copper coating |
| Design | Inverted umbrella dish, hanging, eight ball finials, teardrop centre finial, one sculpted bird on the rim |
| Dish diameter | 22 cm (8½") |
| Total height | 28 cm (11") including spiral hook |
| Weight | Approx. 550 g (1.2 lb) |
| Hanging | Integrated spiral hook — branch, deck bracket, shepherd's hook. No tools. |
| Intended use | Hanging feeding dish for millet, black-oil sunflower, sunflower hearts and suet nuggets, October to April. Can be left empty to catch rain as a drinking dish in summer. |
| Care | Rinse when you refill, clean weekly with hot water, move to a new spot now and then |
| Dispatch | Within Canada by Canada Post, 2–3 business days |
The Winter Bev's Umbrella Blew Over
The Winter Bev's Umbrella Blew Over
A note from Elwood:
One December an early storm turned my wife Bev's old umbrella inside out and dropped it in her flower bed. A week later there was a junco standing in it, eating the seed that had blown in. Forty-one years I laid copper on steeples. That afternoon I made one out of copper for the juncos.
My hand has done enough hammering. These are the last 96 I raised. When they're gone, there won't be more.
Free Shipping Across Canada
Free Shipping Across Canada
Free tracked shipping across Canada
- Ships within 2–3 business days by Canada Post
- Every feeder is checked and boxed by hand, ready to hang
- Dish 22 cm (8½") across, 28 cm (11") tall including the spiral hook, approx. 550 g
- Hooks straight over a branch, deck bracket or shepherd's hook, no tools needed
- 30-day money-back guarantee: just email info@cedarandtinco.com
Frequently Asked Questions
Got a question? Here's how to reach us.
Got a question? Here's how to reach us.
My granddaughter Brynn and I personally answer every email, as quickly as we can. Whether you have a question about your order or about where to hang your feeder, we're here.
You can reach us:
- Mon – Fri: 9:00 – 17:00 (Eastern Time)
- Saturday: 10:00 – 14:00 (Eastern Time)
Email: info@cedarandtinco.com
Can I return it if it's not for me?
Can I return it if it's not for me?
Of course. If the feeder isn't right for you, for any reason, email us within 30 days and you get your money back in full. No restocking fee, no fuss.
How are your products made?
How are your products made?
Every bowl is raised from flat sheet over an iron stake in Elwood's workshop in Picton, Prince Edward County. The hook is bent hot, the little bird is riveted to the rim, and the copper finish is burnished and sealed at the bench. It is iron with an applied copper coating, so it has weight and doesn't spin in the wind.