Black oil sunflower seed in the big hopper, sure, but I offer Nyjer all by itself in a dedicated finch feeder, and the Goldfinches are very happy with that. I buy 5# bags at Agway; Lizzie Mae’s Birdseed and Dry Goods Company. The bags are zip-lock, but I transfer the Nyjer to 1-qt plastic jugs with screw caps; they stand up in the back of the fridge or freezer, taking up very little space, and they make topping-up the feeder very easy and neat.
-Geo > On Jan 31, 2024, at 5:22 PM, Nigel Dyson-Hudson <caven...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Some folks on CAYUGABIRDS-L fill their feeders with different seeds - > Sunflower, Niger, etc. We have tried this in the past with Sunflower and > Niger seed feeds. Even the Goldfinches barely touched our Niger seed. It was > "fresh" from Agway, stored in the fridge until put out. Forget about the > mixes with Milo and Corn. > So now we just put out Sunflower seed, spread some seed on trays on the > ground. Last winter we had a Mourning Dove that figured out how to land on > our rectangular metal feeder. Which was quite entertaining to watch. Since > this feeder has a squirrel baffle on the post, we have used a stick to fix > the movable perch in place. > Nigel > > -- > > (copy & paste any URL below, then modify any text "_DOT_" to a period ".") > > Cayugabirds-L List Info: > NortheastBirding_DOT_com/CayugabirdsWELCOME_DOT_htm > NortheastBirding_DOT_com/CayugabirdsRULES_DOT_htm > NortheastBirding_DOT_com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave_DOT_htm > > ARCHIVES: > 1) mail-archive_DOT_com/cayugabirds-l@cornell_DOT_edu/maillist_DOT_html > 2) surfbirds_DOT_com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds > 3) aba_DOT_org/birding-news/ > > Please submit your observations to eBird: > ebird_DOT_org/content/ebird/ > > -- -- (copy & paste any URL below, then modify any text "_DOT_" to a period ".") Cayugabirds-L List Info: NortheastBirding_DOT_com/CayugabirdsWELCOME_DOT_htm NortheastBirding_DOT_com/CayugabirdsRULES_DOT_htm NortheastBirding_DOT_com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave_DOT_htm ARCHIVES: 1) mail-archive_DOT_com/cayugabirds-l@cornell_DOT_edu/maillist_DOT_html 2) surfbirds_DOT_com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds 3) aba_DOT_org/birding-news/ Please submit your observations to eBird: ebird_DOT_org/content/ebird/ --
