Sunflower

• There are several types available, including black oil, striped and chips.
• black oil seeds are the most poplular of all birdseeds.
• Striped seeds are what humans eat; they have a thicker shell than black oil sunflowers.
• Most birds will eat them.
• Sunflowers Chips are more expensive, but they'll attract birds whose beaks aren't strong enough to crack open a sunflower hull.
• Birds that like sunflower include: cardinals, nuthatches, chickadees, finches, grosbeaks, flickers, jays, titmice and doves.

White Millet and Red Millet 

• these are the tiny seeds often found in birdseed mixes, but they're also available alone.
• White millet is most often found in mixes sold in the East, while red millet is most often found in the West.
• Both types are tasty to birds, especially ground feeders, so it's good to use on platform feeders.
• Birds that like millet: Doves, juncos, sparrow, towhees, quail, bobwhite, cardinals, finches, bunting, thrashers, jays, tanagers and pheasants.

Suet 

• Suet is rendered beef fat that provides the type of nutrition birds get from eating insects.
• It's most often put out for birds when the weather turns cold, and insects are more difficult to find.
• In cold weather, the suet won't turn rancid as it will when it's warmer than 70°F.
• Birds that like suet: nuthatches, woodpeckers, wrens, warblers, mockingbirds and blue jays.

Nyjer ®

• Nyjer is the name trademarked by the wild bird feeding Industry for the tiny black imported birdseed loved by finches.
• It's 40% oil, which is an essential source of energy for the birds that eat it.
• Birds that like Nyjer: goldfinches, purple finches, house finches, pine siskins, doves, juncos and sparrows.

Safflower 

• High in fat, oil and protein, safflower seeds are a fovite of numerous wild birds.
• It's especially attractive to cardinals.
• It's an expensive seed, so it's most often found in high-end mixes.
• A benefit of safflower is that some "feeder hogs," such as starlings and grakes, don't like safflower's bitter taste.
• Squirrels don't like them as much as other seeds, either.
• Birds that like safflower: Cardinals, chickadees, grosbeaks, titmice, and nuthatches.

Peanuts 

• Peanuts are a favorite treat of many birds, especially jays.
• Even tiny birds will hunt for small peanuts they can fly away with
• Use a platform feeder or special peanut feeder
• Birds that like peanuts: woodpeckers, blue jays, crows, titmice, chickadees and nuthatches

Wild Bird Seed Mix 

• Wild Bird seed mix is a convenient way to put out a buffet for everyone.
• Tubes and hoppers are the easiest feeders to use for seed mixes