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Black Oil Sunflower seed is the most popular seed in the feeder! It is
preferred by over 50 species of wild birds. You have probably noticed your
backyard birds picking the sunflower seed out of the feeder and scratching the
rest of the seed on to the ground. Black oil has a very thin shell making it
easy for even the smallest birds to crack open and it has great nutritional
value due to its high oil content.
Songbird Mix is blended exclusively for Wild About Birds. It contains
black oil and striped sunflower seed, safflower seed, peanut hearts, and red and
white millet � absolutely no filler! If you have ever purchased a mixed bird
seed at a grocery store or super store, you probably noticed that your backyard
birds picked the few sunflower seeds out of the mix but did not eat the rest.
Most inexpensive seed mixes contain filler seed (milo, cracked wheat, canary
seed, flax, etc.) which reduces the price of the seed but is not liked by wild
birds and rarely eaten. Fill your feeder with Songbird Mix and you�ll notice the
feeder birds (cardinals, chickadees, titmice, etc.) picking out the sunflower,
safflower and peanut hearts. They will scratch the millet on to the ground but
Millet is not a filler seed and will be eaten by ground feeders like
doves, sparrows, and towhees.
Nyjer (thistle) Seed is another black, oil seed but much smaller than
sunflower. It is imported from several different African countries and India. It
is sterilized upon entry to our country and although it may sprout under your
feeder, it will not grow. It is not related to our roadside thistle. It is the
seed preferred by gold finches. House finches, pine sisken, and purple finches
will also eat nyjer seed from a special finch feeder with tiny holes.
Safflower Seed is a white, oil seed similar in size to black oil
sunflower. Cardinals and titmice are easily attracted to safflower seed. Most
people buy safflower to discourage black birds who will not eat it. Because it
has a bitter taste, most squirrels do not like safflower, either. We mix
safflower and black oil sunflower together to create our Cardinal Mix.
Sunflower Chips are hulled striped sunflower seeds. Chips are great to
use in a window feeder because there are no shells to make a mess on your sill.
You can mix them (fine chips) with nyjer seed and feed them out of a finch
feeder. They also make a good No Mess-Patio Mix when blended with
peanuts, and hulled white millet.
Peanuts in the shell, out of the shell or crushed are favorites of
woodpeckers, blue jays, and titmice.
Corn can be fed to the wild birds and other critters either on the cob,
whole (off the cob) or cracked. Corn should be offered on or near the ground.
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