Goofy cat.

[dantesspirit]

Opened Mayhem's absolute favorite window, set up the phone with the Merlin Bird ID app going.

Got a great, long list of hits almost immediately. Come back 10 minutes later and...

Mayhem had managed to shut the app down without saving it first.

*headdesk*

Now to start over, lol.

Waiting on Chewy order with suet, seed and such, which is sorely needed as several suet feeders are empty.

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Re: Mayhem!

[dantesspirit]

The C&S is my go to. The birds love it here. Same with their suet nuggets. For seed I tend to stick with Harvest Seed & Supply. They seem to have the best mixed variety and the birds as well as chipmunks devour it.

Re: Mayhem!

[tarasacon]

I’ve been using two different Wagner’s seed mixes, & also mix in some of their single ingredient seeds (safflower, nyjer). I’ll have to see how the Harvest S&S compares in terms of price per pound and nutrition.

I also sometimes mix in a “fruit ’n’ berry blend” by a company called Wild Delight. It’s mostly sunflower and safflower, but it also has several types of dried fruits and berries. It’s not clear to me that this one attracts any of the birds I was hoping it would draw, at least not blended. But if I put it out on its own the starlings will demolish it. :/

Re: Mayhem!

[dantesspirit]

The Orchard Blend from Harvest has a good variety of nuts(walnuts, peanuts, pecans, even acorns) and 'chopped' fruits such as peach bits, might be apricot though, and raisins and sultanas.

The Red Berry blend adds cranberries.

All have a variety of seeds, large and small sunflower- regular and black oil, shelled and unshelled, millet, safflower, etc.

I generally get a couple bags of each and mix them. That seems to attract the widest variety of birds for me.

I've seen Wild Delight. Price wise, Harvest was cheaper.

Re: Mayhem!

[tarasacon]

I looked at the ingredients for several of their mixes. There’s a lot to like. However I think I ruled them out when I was initially researching because they include milo, which from what I understand is junky filler. Their percentage of fiber vs. protein and fat is also quite high. But it might be a cheaper way to round out my current add-ins?

https://thebirdfoodstore.com/2013/09/06/millet-is-good-milo-is-bad/

Re: Mayhem!

[tarasacon]

okay, yeah, the orchard blend is 80 cents a pound cheaper than the wild delight fruit and berry. It’s way lower fat, but the cost is significantly more affordable. :/

Re: Mayhem!

[dantesspirit]

My birds only seem to eat the milo if all the other seeds are gone. Even the chipmunks go for the sunflower and safflower seeds first,

And yes, sometimes being more affordable despite other things is the better deal.