Suet Cakes: Summer Blends and Rendered Fat
Suet is the food that changes the guest list. A yard with seed feeders gets finches, sparrows and cardinals. Put …
Seed & Food
Which seed brings which bird, what to skip, and how to store a bag without feeding the mice instead.
Safflower Seed: The Cardinal Seed Squirrels Skip
Safflower gets recommended in every squirrel conversation, usually as a throwaway line: just switch to safflower. It is a small …
Nyjer Seed: Why Finches Ignore an Old Bag
Nyjer is the seed people buy for goldfinches and then quietly give up on. The pattern is always the …
Grape Jelly for Orioles: How Much Is Too Much
Grape jelly is the fastest way to get an oriole to stop in your yard, and it is also the …
Dried Mealworms: Which Birds Actually Take Them
Dried mealworms are the food people buy for bluebirds and then discover the bluebirds ignore. A bag goes out in …
Which Seed Brings Which Bird: One Table
Stand in the bird aisle of any farm store and the choice looks impossible. Twenty bags, half of them labeled …
What Not to Feed Birds: Bread, Salt and Leftovers
Almost nobody sets out to harm a bird. The bread goes out because a child wants to feed the ducks, …
No Mess Bird Seed: Hulled, Sprout Free and Worth It
The feeder is a joy and the ground under it is a disgrace. Hulls, discarded millet, sprouted sunflower coming up …
Black Oil Sunflower: The Default Seed and Why
Every experienced feeder in every forum gives the same answer to the same beginner question. What seed should I start …
Storing Bird Seed Without Moths or Mice
Buying the big bag feels like the sensible move right up until you open it in March and find the …