Bird Food
Bird Food
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Suet Dough Seed Treat Young Bird Food Refill Avian NEW! $1.99 |
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20 LB BAG KAYTEE TRUE VALUE WILD BIRD FOOD SEED 501272 $8.99 |
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Log Jammers Insect Log Bird Food For LJ Feeder $3.30 |
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Log Jammers Hi-Energy Log Bird Food For LJ Feeder $3.20 |
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Log Jammers Fruit Log Bird Food For LJ Feeder $3.20 |
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Heath Suet Cake Orange Burst Wild Bird Food 12 Pack $13.10 |
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Cs of 24 Suet Orange Treat Food For Wild Birds 11.75oz $23.30 |
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Case of 24 Berry Treat Suet Cakes Wild Bird Food 11.75 $22.60 |
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24 Nutty Treat Suet Cakes Food For Wild Birds 11.75Oz. $23.30 |
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Case of 12 Berry Suet Treats Wild Birds Food 11.75oz. $11.70 |
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Song Blend Bird Lovers 14Lbs Bird Seed Food 3 Pack $44.80 |
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Lyric Cardinal Bird Food 18Lb $24.10 |
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Economy Wild Bird Food 20Lb $9.80 |
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50lbs. Safflower Seed Anti Squirrel Bird Food Treat $30.00 |
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2 lbs.Deluxe Canary Food Bird Seed Mix $8.60 |
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2lbs.Deluxe Finch Food Bird Seed Mix $8.25 |
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2lbs.Wild Finch Food Bird Seed Canary/Nyjer 80/20 Feed $8.25 |
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KAYTEE 100033780 3 LB NUT & BERRY BLEND WILD BIRD FOOD $11.99 |
What kind of bird food attracts the largest variety of bird species?
I live in Fort Pierre, South Dakota, and I’ve been fascinated by birds for as long as I can remember. Recently, my grandfather and I built two plastic-bottle birdfeeders. We don’t usually see a lot of blue jays, but they *do* live in the area. I want to attract as many different species as possible. Will standard mixed bird feed work, or is there anything special to attract specific birds in the area? A few examples of some of the birds that I want to attract are blue jays, robins, chipping sparrows, other sparrows, finches, doves, and common grackles (locally known as “blue-headed blackbirds”). It doesn’t have to be just those species, though.
Anyway, an answer would really be appreciated. Thanks for the help.
Well you will have different requirements for different birds. Many, like the robin, are meat eaters and won’t be attracted to the feeders unless you make a platform feeder and put meal worms or wax worms in it.
Standard wild bird mix is good as it contains a lot of different seeds that they will be attracted to. But also put out some specific feed such as thistle seed in a thistle feeder. There are many of the smaller finches that love this seed (American Goldfinch for one).
You will do well with providing cover in the area in the form of dense bushes, trees, shrubs, ground cover, high canopy, and medium canopy stuff. This way the different species will be comfortable in the area. Also put out different types of feeders. Cage feeders where helps the little birds compete for food as the large birds can’t get to it, platform feeders are frequented by almost all different types of birds, hanging “house”/tube/bottle feeders, suet feeder cage, and put out a sugar water feeder too (a humming bird feeder with a perch).
Many different birds require much different sources of feed and some only feed on the ground or something that simulates it (like a platform feeder). Others like to cling to the sides of the feeders so having a cage type feeder with black oil sunflower in it works well for these types of birds. The sugar water feeder will attract any hummingbirds in the area as well as orioles and sometimes various sapsucker/woodpeckers. Suet feed attracts a very large variety of birds from wood peckers all the way down to little finches and sparrows. Cracked or whole kernel corn is favored by many of the jay species as well as grackles. Black oil sunflower is a staple for quite a few birds as well and will attract a huge variety from sparrows to finches to nuthatches to.. etc etc.
Here’s a great site for some information on helping you identify the different birds in your area and also some information on them…. http://www.whatbird.com/ Also, contact your local audobon society as they will have a wide range of information for you too.
*EDIT*
In response to the first answer you received. This is totally untrue. They will still feed on the natural sources and many birds only use feeders as supplemental feed. It will not stop them from their natural foraging for food and only serves to help them by providing a positive food source in a location that requires little to no competition to achieve.
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