What type of seed to feed wild birds?
May 24, 2010 Bird House Feeder
In my front yard I have a tube feeder and a suet feeder. The types of birds that i usually see around the feeders are Cardinals, Carolina Chickadee, Downy Woodpecker. I also have seen small brown birds but im not really sure what they are. The cardinals mainly picks up scraps off the ground. I have a male and female that come around. The Chickadee mainly eats out of the tube feeder but I seen it eating out of the suet feeder and sometimes eating the seed on the ground. The male and female woodpecker mainly eat out of the suet feeder but i’ve seen them on the tube feeder too. I don’t have squirrels. Raccoons and possum have been seen around my house too. So, anything that wont attract them would be nice. And I would like to know of the best kind of suet that would be good for all of the birds and the best type of seed. Right now I have a high energy blend of suet that is in the suet feeder and the type of seed i have just says wild bird seed but the ingredients are Milo,
White Prosso Millet and Sunflower seed. I would also like to know if a bird bath would be good I seed some the you can hang from a tree. Would these type of birds use something like that.
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Comments (3)
Hummingbirds are fun, entertaining, full of energy and it’s easy to attract hummingbirds.
just do like corn and sun flower and paste them with peanut butter to a pinecone
It sounds like you have a really great start! Good for you for caring for your feathered neighbors. I would look up on the internet each bird that you see out there, or whichever you want to attract, and go from there.
Water is a very important elment to your feeding plan. Yes, the hanging one would be good, or a standing one. I like the standing one we have because it circulates the water supply and stays cleaner. That’s really important. If you get the hanging one, make sure it stays clean and fresh. I used a hanging plate originally intended as a feeder.
Make sure your water isn’t too deep, birds like to bathe as well as drink.
Regular wild bird seed from the pet shop is fine. If you want to attract bluebirds, than add some freeze-dried mealworms to the mixture. you can get a container of flukers mealworms at the reptile store or petco.