Wild Bird Seeds / Individual (Mixing) Seeds & Nuts - For Birds & Other Critters in your Garden

Food to Provide: Many of the birds we see in winter are seed eaters. Some people spend a lot of money on bird feed mixes, which birds don't even like. Most of the bird feed mixes use "junk" seed, which the birds simply toss aside to get to the "good stuff." The junk seed will be thrown to the ground and attract mice and rats.

• Plants for birds: Seed isn't the only way to feed birds. Many native plants serve the same purpose.



• Calcium is an important nutrient for birds, and here are some easy and FREE ways to provide it to them.
  • Humming Birds: When boiling eggs, save the water, mix the water with about 1/4 cup of sugar per each cup of humming bird feed, let it cool and add it to the feeder. This will give hummingbirds an extra boost of calcium that is especially helpful during nesting season.
  • All other Wild Birds: Save the shells whenever cooking with eggs. Rinse them well and put them in the oven set at a low temperature. When they are dry, crumble them (a rolling pin works great) and add them to the birdseed. Your wild birds will cherish this food.


• Storing Seed: Store them in the garage in mouse-proof metal trash cans. In humid climates, you may want to store the bags indoor as they may get moldy outside. Moldy seeds cause fatal diseases, such as aspergillosis.

Black Oil Sunflower Bird Seed is a great way to attract small feeder birds to your yard. A year round energy source for birds. I found that the birds seem to prefer black sunflower to the grey-and-white striped. They are softer shelled, hence easier to crack open. They're also cheaper than the grey-and-white ones.

• Attracts the following birds:
  
  • cardinals, woodpeckers, blue jays, goldfinches, purple finches, chickadees, titmice, and nuthatches.

A Tube Feeder with Black Oil Sunflower Seed will Attract:

• chickadees ... goldfinches ... nuthatches ... pine siskins ... redpolls ... titmice ... woodpeckers

Adding a Tray to the Tube Feeder will also attract:

• cardinals ... crossbills ... house finches ... jays ... purple finches ... white-crowned sparrows ... white-throated sparrows

Niger Thistle Feeder with Tray will attract:

• Goldfinches love this seed. Niger is a tiny black seed. Niger is also expensive, so you won't want to waste it. Buy a hanging tube with tiny holes, designed especially for Niger, and hang it where you can see it from your best viewing window. Goldfinches will become very tame and won't mind your standing two feet from them, while they eat.



• Other Birds: chickadees ... dark-eyed juncos ... doves .... house finches ... pine siskins ... purple finches ... redpolls ... song sparrows ... white-throated sparrows

Safflower Seed

Squirrels don't like these seeds, nor do grackles, blue jays, or starlings.

This seed attracts:

Cardinals ... titmice & chickadees ... downy woodpeckers ... grosbeaks

National Audubon Society Cherry Cobbler: A premium treat for your backyard guests. Attract the widest variety of birds with this all year round feeding product that includes, fruit pieces, peanuts, pumpkin seeds and raisins. Birds desiring fruit as part of their diet will be drawn to the dried cherries and raisins. Great year round feeding product

National Audubon Society Sunflower Melody: A very special backyard blend including oil sunflower, sunflower chips, peanut pieces, safflower seed and cracked corn. Attract your favorite songbirds with this great all around seed blend.

• It's a favorite of chickadees, cardinals, grosbeaks and jays.

White Millet (50 lbs):

• Not available at most birding outlets, this seed is a favorite of many kinds of colorful birds, including cardinals, doves, quails and buntings. This clean, beautiful seed provides a good base for your custom mix.
• I scatter it on the ground for sparrows, juncos, and mourning doves.

Red Millet (50 lbs): Red millet is a great treat for mixing up your own custom blend. This seed is high in nutrients and is difficult to find in most birding outlets.

• Your ground feeding birds will enjoy this seed.

Canary Seed: A smaller seed for the smaller beaked birds in your garden.

• Goldfinches and siskins love canary seed. Remember, in order to attract a variety of birds to your garden, you need a variety of seeds.

In Shell Peanuts (50 lbs): High energy and highly entertaining!

• Birds and squirrels alike will love opening these big treats.

Heath Birds Blend Suet Cake

• All season song bird blend
• Ideal for all seed and suet eating birds

Peanut Delight

• The only true NO MELT suet product line in the world.

C & S Nuggets

(27-oz treat resealable bag - bluebird):

Can be fed on a platform feeder or in a special nugget feeder.

No waste & no mess.