Woodlink NASOCK Audubon Thistle Sock Review

The upper part through which the cord runs is difficult to open after using it once or twice. The seams are torn and keep the thread in place. I've had to replace several of these because the drawstring snapped or the channel that the thread goes through wasn't sewn up.

I have three finch feeders, one of the cotton socks, two chicken wire feeders and now this nylon sock. Finches don't eat out of this sock. They prefer wire mesh feeders or cotton socks over nylon socks. TO UPDATE. The nylon sock is still full even after three weeks. I filled my other feeders twice after filling the nylon feeder. I'll toss the seeds into another feeder before they rot. So I'm reducing my rating to one star.

The sock hung for three weeks and it was almost invisible that the seeds had been eaten. I suspected that it was too strong and difficult for birds to get to the seeds. I stuff our other two socks three times a week. I bought a Finch Feeder with a pre-filled Pennington sock from Wal-Mart. I just keep filling them in. We often have over 10 birds per sock and more waiting in the trees. They just ignore the Audubon sock.

I have bought and used several Nyjer/Thistle feeders but I prefer this one. I have tried round metal socks and other large socks. This one seemed so small when I got it out, but it works great and has far less waste than any of my other thistle feeders. It's the smallest of my feeders, but it's the least you'll need to refill because there's little waste. Birds use it often! The only problem I had was the rope frayed at the top, but a tapestry needle and thick thread fixed it. I command another

These are my second thistle socks. The first came with seeds and broke after a week (the cat jumped on it and tore it up when it fell off). Bought this as a replacement and immediately noticed how much thicker it is. Rope, twine or whatever it is called is thicker and the whole thing is much stronger. I put it in a new place our cat can't reach and hope it will last a long time. The birds have found him and seem to love him. Now I've seen 2-5 birds on it at once. If I get another one (to place…

Although they are very good, the fabric is strong nylon, thicker mesh and smaller holes, but the feed still comes out, but not all over the bottom. Nath'l Audubon checked. It fills thicker than regular socks. I was a little concerned that the center might get wet and moldy. Well after a really good shower the other day I went out the next day and shook the seeds, they were dry but I figured this would keep them from sticking together into a moldy mass and that seems to have done it. In any…

I bought these thistle socks to feed the finches. These were the highest rated versions. So far I had to throw away 2 of the first 3 used socks because of holes. It was only after the first application! It seems that if bird droppings get on this material, the fabric will be destroyed within a day or two, making the socks impossible to stuff! These socks are quite small and often need to be refilled in my garden. Although they weren't that expensive, I still expected them to last more than…

I ordered this sock in February 2016 and took it off sometime in September, I think in the end the string I was hanging it on fell apart completely (I haven't had any problems with birds making holes in the stitches ). I've had great luck with this in my backyard in Chicago - I've got lots of pictures of goldfinches enjoying it and I even saw pine tresses all over that sock lining for a couple of days. One lesson I've learned very well in my short time as a bird watcher is that birds don't eat…

Don't buy these socks! To be honest, I don't remember where I bought these socks about a year ago. This is what I observed after replacing old socks. The finches started using the new socks and they had more seeds than the previous ones. BUT over time my finches started to disappear. Then April came, the birds didn't eat socks. They disappeared! I couldn't understand what was going on. The socks were full of thistles, but there were no birds. I wondered if the seeds were bad, so I replaced the…