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Melanie's Copper Clock Bird Feeder
Melanie's Copper Clock Bird Feeder
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Melanie's Copper Clock Bird Feeder
Built in a Clock Shop in Woodstock, Vermont
Melanie Calloway, 74, fixed clocks for 41 years. Her eyes won’t let her set the mesh straight anymore. These 184 feeders are the last she will ever finish.
“Clocks wait. Someone else will fix them. Birds don’t wait.”
– Melanie Calloway, clockmaker since 1984What’s in the box
Why the birds stay all morning
Small birds cling to the fine mesh and pull out one seed at a time. The food lasts into the afternoon instead of ending up in the snow.
Hang it from a branch, or stand it on its two legs in a garden bed or on a porch rail. Right where you look every morning.
Sturdy metal with a weatherproof copper finish. Snow, freezing rain and thaw, winter after winter. No wood to rot, no plastic to crack.
The birds sit while they eat instead of fluttering. On a cold morning, every bit of energy counts.
About 10 inches across with raised copper numbers. Easy to see from inside, and you can see through the mesh when it needs a refill.
The clock hands are just for looks. “They’re a reminder,” Melanie says. “Every morning their clock starts ticking.”
“Chickadees, juncos and other small songbirds put on fat during the short winter days and burn much of it overnight just to keep warm. On the coldest mornings, a reliable source of high-fat food like black-oil sunflower seed, close to trees or shrubs for cover, gives them a real head start.”
– Dr. Ellen Marsh, Avian Ecologist, Burlington, VTPerfect for
Melanie’s checklist
- Sturdy metal: no plastic body, no wood that rots.
- Weatherproof copper finish: made to stay outside all winter.
- Fine mesh: one seed at a time, so the food lasts.
- Hang or stand: ring on top, two legs at the bottom.
- Landing rail: a place to sit and eat in peace.
30-Day “Birds at the Window” Guarantee
If the feeder doesn’t bring birds to your window, send us a short email within 30 days and you get your money back.
Good to know: The clock hands are decorative and do not tell time. The feeder is made for small birds like chickadees, juncos, finches and wrens. Fill it with black-oil sunflower seeds or sunflower hearts, and hang it near a tree or shrub so the birds have cover close by.
Product details
| Material | Metal with weatherproof copper finish, fine metal mesh |
| Size | approx. 9.8 in across × 2 in deep, 13.8 in tall with ring (25 × 5 × 35 cm) |
| Mounting | Hanging ring on top, two standing legs at the bottom |
| Best food | Black-oil sunflower seeds, sunflower hearts |
| Birds | Chickadees, juncos, finches, wrens, nuthatches |
| Use | Outdoors, all year round |
| Care | Empty old seed and brush out the mesh every few weeks |
| Made by | Melanie Calloway, Woodstock, Vermont |
| Since | Her first feeder was built in the ice storm of January 1998 |
The Last Winter
The Last Winter
A note from the clock shop:
Melanie Calloway has repaired clocks in the back room of her shop on Central Street in Woodstock, Vermont, since 1984 — more than 6,000 of them. In the ice storm of January 1998 she found three chickadees on her doorstep, and that week she built her first feeder from the copper case of an old alarm clock. She has counted the birds at her window every morning since — 28 notebooks of them. Macular degeneration means she can no longer set the mesh straight, so there will be no further run — the last 184 feeders are on two shelves in the back room, and when those are gone there are no more.
Free US Shipping
Free US Shipping
Free shipping across the United States
- Delivery time: 3–5 business days
- Every feeder is hand-packed and ships from the US
- Copper clock feeder approx. 10 in / 25 cm across and 2 in / 5 cm deep, 14 in / 35 cm tall with the hanging ring
- Hang it from a branch or shepherd’s hook, or stand it on its two legs in a garden bed or on a porch rail. The clock hands are decorative
- 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.
Email us anytime at info@cedarandtinco.com. We answer Monday–Friday 9am–5pm and Saturday 10am–3pm (ET). Whether it’s about your order, where to hang it, or just to say hello — a real person writes back.
Can I return it if it’s not for me?
Can I return it if it’s not for me?
Of course. 30-day money-back guarantee. Hang it up, watch the birds for a week, and if it isn’t right for your yard, email info@cedarandtinco.com within 30 days for a full refund. No questions, and US shipping is free.
How is it made?
How is it made?
Melanie shapes each metal body over a wooden form at her bench and gives it its weatherproof copper finish, sets the fine diamond mesh into the clock window by hand, and fits the perch rail, the two legs and the hanging ring. The clock hands are decorative and don’t move. Every feeder is wrapped in newspaper and packed at her kitchen table. No two are identical.