Bird Watching: Show Me Your Feeders Pt. 3, 1 by sadie_mae

sadie_mae wrote:
I've just been using straight black oil sunflower seeds, everything seems to be happy with it so far. The mix at this walmart had a lot of the stuff that ends up sprouting under the feeders. One good thing about the sunflower seeds, I always get a few volunteers in the flower beds :-) It's funny, I can plant them on purpose and not get a sprout, guess the birds have that special touch! I have doves, sometimes 8 or 10 at a time and Juncos cleaning up the sunflower seeds so I don't get too many sprouts under the feeders from them, and the Cardinals and Blue Jays help with the clean up too.

I also put a few raisins in that feeder, hoping to attract the mocking birds, I see them occasionally on the suet feeders but haven't noticed them eating the sunflower seeds. I wanted a second feeder like that one, to put fruit in.