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Bird Food
There are several types of wild bird seed available today that will attract a variety of birds to your bird feeder. Black Oil Sunflower Seed is the best way to attract the greatest variety of birds to your feeders. Offer this type of bird food in your feeder, and you'll attract Cardinals, Nuthatches, finches, and other wild birds. Thistle is a specialty food loved by Goldfinches, Purple Finches and even Mourning Doves. Cracked Corn will attract Eastern Bluebirds, Jays, Pheasants, and other game birds. Nectar mixes can be used to attract hummingbirds and orioles. Finally, suet can be used to attract nuthatches, woodpeckers, wrens, titmice, creepers, kinglets, chickadees, thrashers, cardinals, and bluebirds.
There are many types of specialty bird food you can offer, but many people buy birdseed mixes instead. These bird food packages are a mixture of bird seeds that are attractive to a variety of birds. They generally consist of black oil sunflower, peanut, millet, striped sunflower, and others mixed together. These mixed packages of bird food are the easiest way to attract a wide variety of birds to your feeder.