Cardinal:

sunflower, safflower, suet, cracked corn

Chickadee:

sunflower, peanuts, suet, safflower, mealworms

Tufted Titmouse:

sunflower, peanut, suet, safflower, mealworms

Sparrows & Doves:

sunflower, cracked corn, millet

Wrens:

sunflower, peanuts, suet, safflower, mealworms

Woodpeckers:

sunflower, suet, insects, peanuts, fruit, nuts

Bluejays:

sunflower, peanuts, suet

Bluebirds:

insects, fruit

Goldfinch:

Nyjer, sunflower

Hummingbirds:

Nectar (1 part sugar : 4 parts water)

Blackbirds:

sunflower, peanuts, suet, cracked corn

Grackles:

sunflower, peanuts, suet, cracked corn

Platform Feeder:

The Simplest feeder design often presents the easiest method of bird watching. A wooden or plastic frame supporting a porous base, whereby various bird seed is presented. Nothing blocks the view of visiting bird types.

Hopper Feeder:

Shaped like a bird house with plastic side windows and a lift-easy roof (to fill seed), this popular style holds a generous amount of bird seed.

Suet Feeder:

Suet blocks are easily presented to your birds in a mini-cage holder, individually hanging or mounted on a Hopper Feeder.

Tube Feeder:

Basically, a tube with side portals for birds to access the seed. This feeder style is usually meant for smaller, easy-flow seed for small bird species.

Seed Cylinder Feeder:

Heck with the feeder per se, just present the seed in a cylinder, mounted on a central stiff wire, and let the climbing birds just grab onto the seed cylinder itself.

Nectar Feeder:

Hummingbirds need a specialized feeder that presents sugar water, and often a resting perch. Built-in ant guards hinder the pesky insects with a water guard.

Sunflower Seed:

The “Universal” seed for all backyard birds is the sunflower. There are black oil and striped sunflowers, often presented with a shell or hulled sunflower “Hearts”. Black oil sunflowers are small with a thin shell, making them easy for smaller birds to crack open and eat.

Safflower:

High in oil, safflower has a bitter taste. It is a favorite of cardinals, chickadees, and finches. Due to the bitter flavor, safflower is a deterrent for blackbirds, grackles, and those pesky squirrels!

Millet:

White Proso Millet is a favorite of ground-feeding birds such as sparrows, doves, and juncos. It is a great source of protein and carbohydrates.

Peanuts:

Many birds love peanuts, such as woodpeckers, chickadees, titmice, nuthatches, wrens, mockingbirds, thrashers, jays, and warblers. It is a great protein source.

Cracked Corn:

Whole corn is broken into smaller, more manageable pieces for ground feeding birds like doves, jays, and sparrows. Great for platform feeders or spread on the ground.

Nyjer Seed:

An expensive seed because it is imported from Africa and India. It is heat-treated to disable foreign weed seeds, and is a favorite of finches (especially Goldfinches). To avoid waste, use a mesh or small-holed cylinder feeder.

Suet:

High-fat food source providing high energy for the winter season. All backyard birds need to build fat reserves, including woodpeckers and titmice, to be ready for cold weather.

Mealworms:

Insects are a natural part of a bird’s diet, and mealworms are specially produced to provide a clean protein source for our birds. Mealworms are available as dried and live!

Sugar Water:

Hummingbirds often need a supplemental source of nectar; hence, we provide sugar water in their feeders. Mix one part sugar with 4 parts water, dissolve in boiling water, let cool, then fill the feeder. No dyes are needed, and please avoid artificial sweeteners and honey.