Add life and color to your garden with an assortment of bird feeders and accessories from Birdorable. Plus, find bird seed to attract common backyard songbirds.
Offer sunflower seeds, nyjer seed and millet to attract common birds like woodpeckers, nuthatches and chickadees. Nut and dried fruit blends may also draw them in.
Seed
An effective bird seed mix is vital, yet unfortunately many cheap seed mixes contain fillers that wild birds don’t consume. Milo (sometimes referred to as sorghum) can serve as an inexpensive filler that attracts only ground-feeding species such as turkeys, quail, pheasants, doves and starlings as well as pests like starlings and house sparrows. Black-oil sunflower seeds tend to attract cardinals, woodpeckers, nuthatches chickadees finches titmices as well as songbirds!
Feeding Tips
Feeding birds is an engaging hobby that the entire family can enjoy together. When choosing a bird feeder, keep in mind that different seeds attract different species – offering black oil sunflower seed, nyjer (thistle) seeds and hulled sunflower seeds in elevated feeders will maximize the variety.
Sparrows, juncos and towhees enjoy feeding ground-feeding mixes; cardinals and finches prefer songbird blends with nyjer. Peanuts and suet are the favorite treats for woodpeckers and nuthatches.
Study the ingredients in general bird mixes carefully to see how much of each seed it contains; cheaper varieties often contain high proportions of fillers such as milo and cracked corn that don’t attract most species of birds. Furthermore, make sure the feed you purchase contains at least 10 percent crude fat for energy conservation during cold winter nights; providing fresh fruit may attract orioles or other bird specialists more enthusiastically than pellets alone.
