Many inexpensive bird seed mixes contain numerous fillers that birds don’t particularly care for, particularly red milo which frequently accounts for most of the seeds in many mixes.
Avoid this seed and opt instead for black oil sunflower seeds; house finches, chickadees, titmice and jays tend to prefer them over their counterparts.
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Member’s Mark Supreme Blend Wild Bird Food
If you want to lure songbirds into your backyard, this high-quality birdseed is a fantastic choice. With thinner hulls that make opening easier for small beaked birds and reduced waste and mess, this premium mix also contains no peanuts, raisins or foods toxic to wildlife – only 100% edible seeds and nut kernels offering plenty of energy boost for birds.
This budget-friendly bird seed will bring songbirds flocking back year-round. Free from fillers and pricker sticks, it attracts an assortment of species. Manufactured in the USA and suitable for feeding from tube, hopper or platform feeders alike; its resealable slider seal keeps seeds fresh – carefully chosen ingredients provide your songbirds with healthy diet curated based on scientific evidence for maximum bird attraction! With this mix at your feeders all year long you’re sure to see finches cardinals buntings nuthatches and titmice visiting!
Sunflower Chips
Sunflower chips are broken-down sunflower hearts without their husks that have been stripped clean, making them the ideal treat to attract smaller and soft-bill birds such as Dunnocks, Blackbirds and Robins which cannot easily break down whole black oil sunflower seeds. Furthermore, these snacks make an excellent option during fledgling season as parent birds can easily feed them to their young.
These shell-free sunflower chips are designed for easy bird eating and to minimize waste at your feeders. Their non-germinating nature prevents any potential sprouting if any chips accidentally fall onto the ground.
Finches, chickadees, doves, woodpeckers and nuthatches all enjoy these nutritious seeds as an energy source, providing plenty of energy for their daily activity. Finchfood blend is designed to attract these birds as well as other common backyard birds.
Peanuts
Peanuts are a key crop grown worldwide for peanut oil production, but the plant also provides essential nutrition. Protein, fibers, polyphenols antioxidants vitamins minerals and vitamin E all feature prominently. Peanuts also contain all 20 essential amino acids making them a significant source of human protein consumption (Feldman 1999). Furthermore, due to being predominantly monounsaturated fat it contains lower cholesterol levels than animal-based sources (Feldman 1999).
Peanuts’ low glycemic index makes them an excellent food to help manage both diabetes and high blood pressure, as they release energy over time rather than immediately spike it. Plus they’re rich in niacin, folic acid, thiamin, riboflavin, pantothenic acid as well as being packed with essential phenolic antioxidants like resveratrol. (Table 2)
Sunflower Seed
Black oil sunflower seeds are an integral component of many high-quality bird seed mixes, drawing in many songbird species. When combined with cracked corn and milo, they’re an easy treat for birds of all species – just place in hoppers, tubes, wide-mouthed mesh feeders or open platforms; ground feeding towhees and sparrows will find these tasty treats tempting!
Striped sunflower seed is another popular variety of sunflower seed, popular among chickadees, woodpeckers, cardinals, nuthatches and titmice alike. Because its smaller and hulled nature makes them easier for smaller birds and those with weaker bills to consume them.
Nonoil sunflower seed features thicker hulls that make it harder for birds to consume them, yet can still be offered in a similar manner as other sunflower seeds and used to form bird cakes or seed blocks for holidays with decorative shapes cut into them. High drying temperatures often used with nonoil sunflower seeds can cause their surface area to expand too rapidly during drying, decreasing oil percentage and fatty acid content significantly.
