If you want the right birds to attract the birds, it’s important to know what kind of bird seed each species prefers. The seeds are not only attractive to a variety of songbirds, including chickadees, finches, cardinals, grosbeaks, and siskins, but also butterflies. It is unlikely that they will attract orioles, tanagers, or doves. Birds eat a variety of foods, including fruit, suet, and nectar, like orioles and tanagers. They also eat corn, milo, and millet. The woodpecker likes suet.
As well as getting the right kind of seed, you should also purchase good-quality birdseed. A reputable distributor is the best option for finding high-quality safflower seeds. Many of the mixed bird seed products available in stores have been sitting in warehouses for long periods, and they are not fresh. Mixes of bird seed usually contain milo and wheat as fillers. Both seeds have low nutritional value and are not especially liked by birds. Such mixes are common among birds, who often kick out all of the filler seeds to get to the remaining higher-quality seeds. In addition to cowbirds, grackles, starlings, squirrels, and rats, Milo attracts unwanted animal species.
Mixed bird seed bags are indeed less expensive, but you’ll end up spending about the same or more on low-quality mixes. Furthermore, half of it is likely to end up on decks, porches, and the yard, making a mess and wasting water. The best place to buy your bird seed is either your local bird store or an online store that sells bird seed.
Several types of sunflower seeds exist, but many people don’t realize they’re not all the same. The most common sunflower seeds are black oil sunflowers and striped safflower seeds. We recommend that you try these seeds. Although black oil sunflower seeds are more expensive, they have twice as many calories per pound as striped sunflower seeds. Also, since the seeds are smaller and the shells are thinner, many different kinds of birds can crack them open easily. Striped seeds, on the other hand, can only be eaten by birds who have large bills capable of cracking the shell. Providing your birds with black oil is a sign of your love for them.
Wild bird food mixes don’t have to consist exclusively of sunflower seeds. Mix hulled sunflower seeds, white millet, cracked corn, red millet, peanut pieces, and hulled millet if you want to attract different species to your yard. There will be a vast array of birds attracted to them, including house finches, indigo buntings, quail, towhees, and white-crowned sparrows.
