Birdseed Choices for Wild Birds

Sunflower – Chips, Black Oil, and Striped 

Tree Nuts – Almonds, Walnuts, Pistachios, … 

SEEDS AND FOODS TO STAY AWAY FROM 

Safflower Seed – Squirrel Proof

…Pecans, Hazel, Brazil, Macadamia, Cashews 

Fresh Fruits in some locations 

Milo, Rice, Oats, Wheat, Rye, Hemp, Rapeseed, Flax 

Millet – Golden German and Red Siberian 

Some Hauled Seeds work well 

Worms – especially meal worms and grubs 

Most Dried Fruits especially non-indigenous  

Thistle – also called Nyjer or Niger 

Berries of almost any kind on any bush or tree 

Insects of almost any kind provided by Mother Nature 

Rotted or Fermented Foods 

Peanuts –in the shell and pieces 

Suet – any variety works well

Sugar Water for hummingbirds – non packaged!!! 

Any seed product or mix with any added oil of any kind.

Corn – Cob, Kernel, and Cracked

Salt Blocks – non mineral type (only white ones) 

Sand & Small Gravel 

Anything fortified with vitamins