Best way to attract birds into your yard: Provide high-quality bird seeds and mixes without empty hulls or excessive dust that could harbor bacteria and mildew.
Wagner’s 62059 Wild Bird Seed is an ideal option to attract chickadees, finches, woodpeckers and titmice. This blend contains 40% sunflower seeds – popular songbird favorites!
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Quality
Birds are efficient eaters that seek the highest nutritional content from their food sources. Since they reject anything that doesn’t meet this standard, quality matters when choosing seed for feathered friends. If you want the maximum response from feathered friends, select seed from an established brand with proven track records for producing superior products.
An exceptional bird feed will attract numerous species to your yard, such as finches, chickadees, woodpeckers, jays and nuthatches. When selecting your mix of seeds to attract birds to your yard, look for mixes which contain these crowd-pleasing seeds without fillers like milo (which birds tend to discard from mixes in favor of more nutritious ingredients). Fillers like milo may attract unwanted pest birds and rodents as well as weeds!
Wagner’s Greatest Variety Wild Bird Seed is an extremely popular mixture featuring black oil sunflower seeds, striped sunflower seeds, nyjer seed, peanut kernels and canary seed. Although relatively expensive, this blend will draw finches, chickadees, cardinals, titmice and woodpeckers into your feeders.
Price
Purchase wild bird seed online is an efficient and economical way to save money, particularly when buying in bulk. But choosing the best quality mix will attract local birdlife. Consider what species reside near your area as food sources or select seeds rich in essential nutrients that these species need for survival.
Example: A blend containing black oil sunflower seeds will draw songbirds like chickadees and finches as well as larger birds like cardinals and woodpeckers to your feeder. Nut-lovers may prefer seed mixes or cakes featuring peanuts, safflower, nuts such as hazelnuts, acorns or pecans; other popular options may include cranberries and beetle worms. Various seeds and fillers that do not appeal to birds such as milo canary seed, Safflower Rye Wheat Oats Rice may attract pests like squirrels or other animals to your backyard feeder!
Variety
As is often said, you get what you pay for. Bargain mixes tend to contain seeds that birds don’t care for and simply create waste under feeders without providing any value or benefit to wild bird visitors.
Be sure to provide the highest-quality food to local birds by carefully reviewing each package’s list of ingredients. Quality seed should come from a renowned brand and be free from contaminants or pesticides.
Black oil sunflower seeds (commonly referred to as “oilers”) are highly sought after, due to their thin shells which allow most seed-eating birds to quickly crack open the shells and enjoy their high level of fat content. Striped sunflower seeds on the other hand have thicker shells which House Sparrows find harder to break through and therefore become less popular options.
Premium seed mixes contain an assortment of seeds and grains designed to attract birds in your backyard, such as millet, black oil sunflower seeds, safflower seeds, striped sunflower seeds and more.
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There are various varieties of wild bird seed that will bring different species to your backyard, each tailored specifically for certain climates and seasons, or deterring pests or wildlife in general. Black oil sunflower seeds, in particular, make an excellent addition for colder climates as their high oil content offers birds warmth during colder weather conditions.
While it may be tempting to buy ready-made bird food, making your own mix from high-quality ingredients is usually the more cost-effective solution. Cheaper seed mixes often contain seeds and fillers that don’t appeal to wild birds such as milo, wheat oats barley flax rapeseed/canola are less appealing options that could end up making them sick!
Seeds, nuts, suet and berries can be an effective way to attract more wild birds into your yard. When selecting feeders and tables to attract specific species of wildbirds.
