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Where the links are
Some pages on this site, such as the hummingbird feeder guide and the oriole feeder guide, end a section with a short box of product picks. Each link in that box goes to the product's page on Amazon and carries our affiliate tag. The links are marked rel="sponsored" for search engines, and every box repeats a one-line disclosure that links to this page. If a page ever links to eBay listings, those links use the eBay Partner Network and work the same way.
Most pages have no picks at all. We add a box only where buying something is part of the page's answer, such as a feeder on a feeder guide, and never on pages about bird health, safety, the law or identification.
How picks are chosen
- Fit first. A pick has to match what the page itself recommends from its cited sources. On a page that says to skip red dye, we never pick dyed nectar; on a page that warns about ants, the feeder has an ant moat.
- Then a quality check. Before we add a product we check its Amazon listing through Bright Data's Amazon product data: it must be in stock, rated 4.2 stars or higher from at least 200 reviews, sold under a real brand name, and not a sponsored listing.
- Re-checked about monthly. We re-check each pick roughly once a month and replace or remove any that go out of stock, drop below that bar or change into a different product.
- Never paid placement. No brand or seller pays to be listed or to be ranked.
- Our own words. Each pick has one line on why it fits that page. We don't publish star ratings, invented tests or claims we haven't sourced.
Prices and photos
Picks show the product photo and the Amazon price with the time it was checked. Prices are refreshed regularly but can change at any time; the price shown on Amazon when you buy is the one that applies. Ratings are not shown.
Everything else stays the same
The guides are written from published sources (mainly the Cornell Lab of Ornithology, the National Audubon Society and public agencies), listed at the end of each article. Affiliate links don't change what a page recommends. For more about the site, see About this site.