Posted in Bird Feeders on Jul 23rd, 2008 No Comments »
At the moment one of the busiest feeders in my garden is the Droll Yankee Peter’s Pride Seed Feeder
I have put millet inside this feeder. The only birds that feeds from it are -sparrows,, but Oh boy it does attract a lot of sparrows every day.
Sparrows flit on and off this feeder. They sit on the feed tray at [...]
Posted in General on Feb 14th, 2008 No Comments »
There are many different types of bird food.
Often a lot of different seeds are mixed together. But seeds can be bought individually and fed to birds . When this happens they are called ’straights’.
I’ve put together a few of the ’straight’ seeds .
Rolled Oats
Rolled oats are enjoyed by ground feeding birds. Starting the day with a [...]
Posted in Bird Food on Dec 6th, 2007 No Comments »
For the bird and also for the bird feeder using straight seeds instead of bird seed mixes gives new opportunities.
You can set out to attract new species by using a seeds like nyjer and millet as a single feed and not mixed with other bird seed.
Millet: Has a good food to energy ratio. It is a food [...]
Posted in Bird Food on Oct 2nd, 2007 No Comments »
There are many different types of bird food.
Often a lot of different seeds are mixed together. But seeds can be bought individually and fed to birds . When this happens they are called ’straights’.
I’ve put together a few of the ’straight’ seeds .
Rolled Oats
Rolled oats are enjoyed by ground feeding birds. Starting [...]
