Seed Preference Guide

Use our Wild Birds Unlimited Custom Seed Blend System to help you determine the best way to attract the types of birds you want by selecting the right seed blend and the right birdfeeder placed where the birds prefer to feed. All our seed is fresh and our seed blends are regionally-formulated to attract the greatest variety of birds to any one feeding station. While many seed blends sold at discount or hardware stores contain up to 80% grain fillers that make it appear you are getting more, the birds do not eat the grain fillers and simply kick it to the ground. Our seed blends are formulated for no waste...the birds eat every seed. Our Certified Birdfeeding Specialists can show you how to enjoy one or more of the following ways to attract and feed wild birds in your backyard. Click here for more information on why our Custom Seed Blends are a better value.


Feeding on the Ground	Feeding at the Feeder	Feeding on the Ground and at the Feeder
Most ground-feeding birds prefer millet and other seeds such as sunflower. We recommend these seed blends for feeding birds and other wildlife on the ground or on a platform tray:	Most Birds that feed at an elevated feeder prefer a variety of larger seeds and including oil and striped sunflower, safflower and sunflower chips. We recommend this seed blend for feeding at an elevated birdfeeder:	Our Wild Birds Unlimited Brand Wooden Birdfeeders have features designed to feed birds both at the feeder and on the ground. Most birds will eat the larger seeds at the feeder and knock out the millet and other seeds for ground-feeding birds. For feeding at both the feeder and on the ground, we recommend:
Wild Birds Unlimited Select Blend	Wild Birds Unlimited Supreme Blend	Wild Birds Unlimited Deluxe Blend
Wild Birds Unlimited Wildlife Blend	Wild Birds Unlimited Choice Blend	Wild Birds Unlimited No Mess Blend
Sparrow Family	Black-capped Chickadee	All birds listed previously, plus:
Dark-eyed Junco	Tufted Titmouse	Cardinal
Mourning Dove	White-breasted Nuthatch	Rose-breasted Grosbeak
Red-winged Blackbird	Red-bellied Woodpecker	Northern Flicker
	House Finch	Blue Jay
	Red-breasted Nuthatch

Different Seeds And the Birds Attracted To Each

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Besides offering our special no-waste, custom seed blends, you may offer individual seed types. Use this guide to determine which seeds are preferred by specific birds. * represents that birds favorite seed choices.

Oil Sunflower	Striped Sunflower	Sunflower Chips	Safflower	Thistle	Cracked Corn	Shelled Peanuts	Peanuts in the Shell	White Millet
*Cardinal	*Blue Jay	*Pine Siskin	Blue Jay	*Goldfinch	Blue Jay	*Blue Jay	Blue Jay	*Brown-headed Cowbird
*Chickadee	*Red-bellied Woodpecker	Brown-headed Cowbird	Cardinal	*Pine Siskin	Brown Thrasher	*Tufted Titmouse	Tufted Titmouse	*House Sparrow
*Evening Grosbeak	*Tufted Titmouse	Cardinal	Chickadee	House Finch	Cardinal	Chickadee	Hairy Woodpecker	*Mourning Dove
*House Finch	Cardinal	Carolina Wren	House Finch	House Sparrow	Dark-eyed Junco	House Sparrow	Downy Woodpecker	*Dark-eyed Junco
*Purple Finch	Chickadee	Chickadee	House Sparrow	Mourning Dove	Eastern Bluebird	White-breasted Nuthatch	Red-bellied Woodpecker	*Song Sparrow
*White-breasted Nuthatch	Evening Grosbeak	Goldfinch	Mourning Dove	Purple Finch	Grackle	Hairy Woodpecker		*Starling
*White-crowned Sparrow	Grackle	Grackle	Red-bellied Woodpecker	Dark-eyed Junco	House Sparrow	Downy Woodpecker		*Tree Sparrow
*White-throated Sparrow	House Finch	House Finch	Tufted Titmouse	Song Sparrow	Mourning Dove	Red-bellied Woodpecker		Cardinal
Blue Jay	House Sparrow	House Sparrow	White-breasted Nuthatch	White-throated Sparrow	Red-bellied Woodpecker			Pine Siskin
Dark-eyed Junco	Purple Finch	Mourning Dove			Red-winged Blackbird			Red-winged Blackbird
Goldfinch	White-breasted Nuthatch	Red-winged Blackbird			Rock Dove			White-crowned Sparrow
Grackle	White-throated Sparrow	White-throated Sparrow			Starling
House Sparrow	White-crowned Sparrow				Tree Sparrow
Mourning Dove					White-throated Sparrow
Pine Siskin
Redpoll
Red-winged Blackbird
Song Sparrow
Tufted Titmouse
Hairy Woodpecker
Downy Woodpecker
Red-bellied Woodpecker
Red-headed Woodpecker

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