Birdfeeders

Seeds are generally more nutritious than grains. Many types of seeds have only limited appeal to birds which is why it is not a good idea to buy a seed mixture to put in your bird feeders. They seem rather inexpensive, but when you consider that much of the mixture ends up not being eatten, they are not really a good deal. It is a better idea to first fill a hopper bird feeder with black-oil sunflower seeds. Every bird that can open shells will eat them and even those who can’t will find the tidbits left by others. These rich, oily seeds are really an indispensable part of a backyard feeding program. A large hopper bird feeder will attract lots of birds in a short period of time. Also important to feeding birds are the cereal grains such as corn, oats, millet, canary seed, etc. Because they are rich in carbohydrates, they are excellent suppliers of heat and energy. Corn is appreciated by most birds and has the added benefit of being very inexpensive. I buy the cracked corn from a local farm supply store and put some in the platform bird feeder and also scatter it on the ground and it always disappears rapidly.