We feed birds all summer long, and the grass and flowers near the feeder tend to look bad. The grass dies due to the broken seeds that fall and an ugly green leafy weed grows instead. Is there any … ...

This item will not only protect your bird feeder from sloppy eating birds, but will also prevent pestering squirrels from ...

Consider using a high-quality bird seed in your feeder since you may be using a seed mix that has filler such as oats, barley or red millet that birds choose not to eat and end up on the ground ...

I've only seen pigeons and other bird species, not the tits, eating the discarded sunflower seeds,” the Germany-based birder wrote in the post title, and shared a 2-minute video compiled from ...

Platform feeders give larger as well as smaller bird species secure landings and, for Blue Jays, a hard surface with which to crack the hulls of seeds before storing the seed in their gullets.

Black oil sunflower seeds, says Dana Sanchez, a wildlife specialist for Oregon State University Extension Service. Here is other advice on how to fill a bird feeder to satisfy hummingbirds to ...

As nature's bug control, birds are a natural companion to any yard. Make your yard more inviting to birds with a few well-placed feeders filled with the right seeds.

I see all types of birds eat the sunflower seeds. There are lists on the Internet indicating which birds like which seeds. From experience I find that sunflower seeds attract many different birds.

We feed a blend of black oil sunflower, hulled sunflower (sometimes called hearts or chips), and safflower seed in the tube feeder. Cardinals, chickadees, titmice, white-breasted nuthatch, and ...

If you are new to bird feeding and want to get started, black oil sunflower seed is a good choice. It attracts the greatest diversity of birds to the feeder, has a high percentage of fat and ...

The seed mix that you get has a little bit of black oil sunflower seed in it, but the rest of it, a lot of times you just get stuff the birds really don't eat," avid Charleston bird watcher Jim ...

A: I have long wondered why myself. First the reason why: Black-capped chickadees do not have powerful bills and must hammer away at sunflower seeds, and other seeds as well. They could hammer away at ...