Bush sunflower patch outdraws my fancy feeder in 3 weeks

I put in a small patch of bush sunflowers last spring and the goldfinches ignore the tube feeder completely now. The feeder gets maybe 5 visits a day, the patch gets a dozen birds at once by 7am. Anyone else have better luck with native plants than with store bought feeders?

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the_fiona1mo ago

The bush sunflowers are just seasonal luck, your feeder works all year long.

emmafisher29d ago

Feeder birds are mostly just passing through, natives actually hold them year round.