![]() ![]() Single-ingredient feeds, like black sunflower seeds or dried mealworms, are great to use as blue jay bird food. The last two case studies will feature two general bird seed mixes from different retailers. Contains 50% sunflowers, along with 7 different seeds, 3 varieties of nuts, and cracked corn with no fillers. Attracts chickadees, sparrows, doves, juncos, quail, and pigeons. No matter what birdseed you feed birds, the most important thing you can do is provide water all year and especially in winter.Menards bird seed. Suet, sunflower seeds, peanuts, orange halves, safflower, cracked corn Millet, nyjer, sunflower chips, safflower, cracked corn Millet, sunflower seeds, peanuts, grapes, cracked corn, suetīirdseed mixes, thistle, sunflower seeds, millet, cracked corn Millet, sunflower seeds, cracked corn, peanuts, bread, nut meats, nyjer, suet Insects, fruit, sunflower seeds, suet, nuts, sugar water Plant nectars, small insects, sugar water, instant nectars Sunflower seeds, nuts, cheese, apples, bananas, suet, peanut butterĬracked corn, sunflower seeds, milo, bread, nyjer, nuts Peanuts, sunflower seeds, suet, safflower Millet, peanut kernels, suet, bread, canary seed, sunflower seed Sunflower seeds, seed mixes, bread, nyjer, millet Suet, fruit, sugar water, mealworms, bread Suet, suet mix, water, fruit, breads, sugar water, nut pieces Halved apples, fruit, bread, suet, sunflower seeds, nutsīerries, raisins, sliced apple, canned peas, currants, grapes ![]() Suet, suet mix, sunflower seeds, nuts, cracked corn, bread Peanut kernel, sunflower seeds, suet, bread, safflower Sunflower seeds, suet, bread, safflower, peanuts, peanut kernel Sunflower seeds, safflower, apple, fruit, suet, millet, bread, peanut kernels Sunflower seeds, corn, cornbread, peanut butter, suet, shelled peanuts, sunflower seeds Nuts, rolled oats, nyjer, mixed seeds, sunflower seeds, sunflower chips, millet, suetīread, cracked corn, mixed seeds, sunflower seeds, sunflower chips, millet, suetĪpples, sunflower seed, bread, grapes, suet, mealworms, berries, raisins, nut meal, seed mixesīread, cracked corn, sunflower seeds, seed mixesĬracked corn, nuts, sunflower seeds, safflower, millet, peanuts, apple, bread Oranges, apples, grape jelly, oriole jelly, sugar water, soft raisins Suet, peanut butter, sunflower seeds, fruit, meat, bread Suet, suet mix, peanut butter, bread, apples Nyger, sunflower seed, hulled sunflower, millet, fruit, suet, peanuts Mixed seed, peanuts, fruit, suet, nyjer, sunflower, safflower, Sunflower seed, safflower, cracked corn, peanuts, suet, bread, peanut butter, lard mixes, seed mixes Discover What Bird Feeder is Best for Each Bird CHART FOR FEEDING BIRDSīird Feeding Chart Provided by Dad's Woodshed LLC (used with permission) Once you decide which birds you want to attract, you'll find the Bird Seed Types here. Usually, the ones with the most peanuts will draw the most birds, and the darker varieties have more. To get the most birds, purchase the darkest color offered. Here's my little secret when it comes to purchasing Suet. Want to Know a Secret About Offering Suet? Here's mine Check out the link to see what they look like. Some of the birds that enjoy suet are: Black Capped Chickadees, Woodpeckers, Nuthaches, and Wrens. Suet will be mixed with birdseed, berries, peanut butter, and a variety of other things birds like. You'll find a wide variety of suet types. Most stores that offer seed also offer suet. Suet - While not a bird seed, so many birds are attracted to suet that I'll add it to this article. ![]() Offering Suet in Winter Will Bring the Birds Which, by the way, ends up on the ground offering no real savings. And as such, not suited for bird-watching enthusiasts.īy offering a higher quality bird seed, you'll get the birds your neighbors are not getting because they offer cheap mixes. Most of the cheaper bird seed mixes are derivatives of the poultry industry. You'll see them picking or kicking it out of the feeder. Most of the birds will toss or kick this type of seed out. Generally consisting of red and white milo, cracked corn, wheat, striped sunflower and other seeds.Īny desirable birds that feed on these types of bird seed will readily come to eat at any of the other's you offer. While not labeled as such, cheap birdseed mixes rarely attract the most desirable birds. Still, if you only have one feeder, then splurge and get the best wild seed mixes you can. You'll waste money on most wild bird seed mixes since the birds will toss out any seed they don't like. Less desirable birds may drive the more desirable birds away. Personally, I prefer to offer each separately. Generally consisting of black oil sunflower, peanut, millet, striped sunflower, and others mixed in the same bag. Premium Mixes - These are packages of a mixture of bird seeds that are attractive to a variety of birds. ![]()
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