I've been feeding niger seed all season. Even though we have plenty of birds coming to our feeders, few birds have been visiting the niger feeders and I rarely have to refill them. The seed is some I purchased last season.
The other day I decided to purchase new niger seed. The birds are now clamoring to get to the feeder and refilling needs to happen regularly. Must be that niger seed does not age well. The benefits of aging will have to remain with things like wine. Marty =========================================== Marty Schlabach m...@cornell.edu 8407 Powell Rd. home 607-532-3467 Interlaken, NY 14847 cell 315-521-4315 =========================================== -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --