Does the Qinux FelinStop actually work on birds?

I’ve had mine out for about a month and the birds honestly don’t seem phased by it at all. They still hop around the feeder like nothing is there. I kind of figured that setting is more for the four legged visitors anyway.

Mine has been out since spring and the birds treat it like a rock. It does keep the neighbor’s cat off my seedlings though, so I just left it on the cat setting and stopped expecting anything else from it.

We had a similar thing happen with ours, but it was the opposite problem. The birds stayed away from the feeder for about a week and then came right back like nothing ever happened. Meanwhile the squirrels acted like I’d personally insulted them and cleared out completely. Still not sure what that says about the frequency settings.

I ended up moving ours to a different corner of the yard because it was also messing with our dog, who started giving the garden bed the side eye every time he went out. Once it was away from his usual path he relaxed. The birds never really seemed to care either way after that first week though. They just sit on the fence and watch it like it’s some kind of weird garden ornament.

So I’d say our experience lines up with the birds not being bothered. The cat situation improved a lot though, which was the main reason we got it in the first place. My neighbor’s orange tabby used to treat our flower bed like a personal litter box and that stopped within days. I never messed with the frequency dials because I honestly couldn’t tell much difference when I tried, so I just left it on whatever it came set to. Probably not the most scientific approach but it’s been fine.

Turning the frequency up won’t do much for birds, that dial is more about the cat side of things in my experience. Mine sits by the patio and the cats cleared off within a week or so, but the little birds never paid it any attention one way or the other. So I don’t think you’re doing anything wrong there.

Birds around my place actually did react to it at first, so I don’t think it’s a lost cause for them like some folks here are saying. Took about two weeks before they started avoiding the spot I had it pointed at. Maybe placement matters more than the frequency dial for birds.

Birds tuned mine out after day two.

Mine actually did the opposite, the birds were the only ones that cleared out for a bit while the cats kept strolling through like nothing changed. Took about a week before even the birds stopped caring though. So I wouldn’t bother messing with the frequency just for them.

Birds couldn’t care less about mine.