Wagner’s Greatest Variety offers a premium blend of seeds that attract chickadees, nuthatches, finches, cardinals, jays and jays to your backyard. This mixture contains black oil sunflower seeds, striped sunflower seeds, white millet, red milo canary seed peanut kernels.
Nyjer seed (also called thistle seed) will entice indigo buntings, purple finches and pine siskins to your feeders. While it’s highly popular among small songbirds like pine siskins and purple finches, mourning doves typically shy away from this tasty treat.
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Black Oil Sunflower
Black oil sunflower seeds are one of the most effective ways to attract backyard songbirds, thanks to their high oil content and thin shells that allow birds to easily crack them open. Black oil sunflower seeds also offer rich sources of proteins, fatty acids and minerals – an invaluable ingredient for bird feed mixes!
Striped sunflower seeds feature thicker shells that are harder for most birds to crack open, often drawing in House Sparrows at the expense of smaller songbirds. If you want to attract more small songbirds, try providing nyjer seed (often known as thistle seed), with its tiny black seeds easily pulled by finches and other small songbirds.
Wagner’s Greatest Variety Wild Bird Food is an ideal mixture of black oil sunflower seeds, along with striped and white millet, cracked corn, red millet, nyjer seed and other varieties that will attract an assortment of songbirds such as finches, chickadees, cardinals, nuthatches and woodpeckers.
Striped Sunflower
Striped sunflower seeds feature thicker shells that may be harder for small birds to open. Still high energy foods, many species will sample these seeds and they’re often mixed in with black oil sunflower seeds in feeders to offer winter songbirds something different to try.
As the hulls of striped sunflower seeds can make feeding time messy, some birders opt to only offer bare sunflower seeds in their feeder. Threshing or grinding these can remove their hulls, helping reduce waste while also eliminating risks from bacteria or disease that could reside within their husks.
Goldfinches, house finches and dark-eyed juncos all love snacking on sunflower seeds; offering a variety of seeds is important for attracting as many different species as possible; white proso millet, niger seeds and peanuts are some of the other popular options available to birders.
White Millet
White millet is an essential ingredient in most bird seed mixes and an absolute favorite among mourning doves, sparrows and towhees – as well as being enjoyed by beautiful Indigo Buntings! Millet contains low levels of fats while providing essential vitamins and minerals like calcium, magnesium phosphorus and protein for your bird seed mix!
Birds need energy-rich seeds like this one to fuel migration or winter when extra calories may be required to stay warm. Plus, this seed provides significant dietary fiber, vital for digestive health.
Ideal for ground-feeding birds, this blend includes black and striped sunflower seeds, hulled corn, safflower, white millet, red millet and peanut pieces to reduce waste while drawing in wild songbirds of various species. Plus it’s packed with natural calcium sources from Cuttlefish Bone as well as Spirulina for increased immune system strength!
Sunflower Kernels
Sunflower kernels are a favorite among finches, siskins, juncos, sparrows and grosbeaks, as well as cardinals and other seed-eating birds such as nutcrackers and flickers. Plus, de-shelled sunflower kernels make cleanup much simpler than black oil sunflower chips or nyjer, and don’t blow away as easily in the wind!
Tiny black thistle seed (nyjer) is a favorite among songbirds such as American goldfinches, pine siskins and house finches. Wagner’s Nyjer Seed Premium Wild Bird Food attracts these and other small species to feeders with hopper, tube or platform attachments.
When offering nyjer seed to birds, always use a thistle feeder or sock feeder designed specifically for these small seeds. Otherwise, their small shells could get wet and spoil, harboring dangerous bacteria and becoming an additional health threat to them.
