BIRD FOOD > SEEDS & NUTS

Desert Blend

Our best selling all-seed, no-grain mix was created with cardinals in mind, although all seed eating birds enjoy this blend. 100% usable, this blend contains no chaff, dust, or other unusable ingredients. By weight, the blend is composed of black oil sunflower, safflower, white proso millet, golden German  brown millet and canary seed. All the seeds are lightly coated with canola oil, which protects and preserves the seeds naturally. Regardless of which region in the country you live, you'll find your birds will prefer Desert Blend over all others.

Black Oil Sunflower Seed

The basic staple and favorite individual seed preferred by about 70% of the seed eating birds. This seed is packed with nutritious oils, proteins, fat and carbohydrates that wild birds need. This domestic seed is grown in Colorado and features a thin shell that all seed eating birds can easily crack open. Especially attracted to this seed are the finches, Cardinals, Pyrrhuloxias, and grosbeaks..

Tree Nut Mix

We have added a new food product to our inventory. It is a blend of tree nuts with pistachios, almonds, and walnuts in roughly equal amounts. We’re told there may be times when additional nuts may be added to the mix, particularly pecans, cashews, Brazils and macadamia nuts. This mix of nuts is approved for human consumption but the plant that processes them screens them for size and the ones that are smaller than full size are what we are now able to offer to our bird feeding friends.

Quail Food

Quail food for juveniles and adults.

Simply the best food source for quail as it has all the vitamins, minerals, amino acids, proteins, and essential oils that quail need for a well-balanced nutritional diet. It even has ingredients to keep baby quail healthy and fight off infection and disease.

An exclusive item of The Wild Bird Store.

Sunflower Hearts

No Waste, No Mess

Sunflower Hearts are the nutmeat of the sunflower seed without any shell. The hearts contain all the nutritious aspects of the seed including vitamins and minerals, high fat content, high protein content, fiber, etc. Seed eating birds eat every single seed, so there is never a shell under the feeder for you to clean up. It is an ideal seed for townhouses, condos, apartments, and those who want to maintain a very clean feeding area. Attractive to most seed eating birds, Sunflower Hearts work especially well in pigeon proof feeders or in our species-specific Cardinal feeder.

Large Black Stripe Oil Sunflower Seed

The favorite seed for Northern Cardinals, Pyrrholoxia and Grosbeaks

Large Black Stripe Oil Sunflower Seed is favored by Cardinals and other grosbeaks over the small Black Oil Sunflower Seed. It has a large, nutritious, oily, high protein nutmeat. It is great for your pampered indoor parrots as well!

Safflower

Safflower Seed is usually used in regions where squirrels are problematic. Squirrels and other rodents find the taste of this high oil seed disagreeable and thereby tend to leave it alone.  It is particularly favored by Cardinals, Pyrrhuloxias, and Grosbeaks. Grown in Utah.

Peanut Kernels

First quality Valencia peanut kernels are shelled, raw and unsalted for use by wild birds. Valencia peanuts are widely used for making peanut butter, as it has a higher fat and protein content than other peanuts. A favorite food for a wide variety of nut eating birds including, but not limited to: woodpeckers, flickers and sapsuckers; Clark's Nutcrackers; Cardinals and Pyrrhuloxias; nuthatches; wrens; titmice; chickadees; thrashers; jays and others. Grown in New Mexico, they are the preferred peanut for most peanut feeders.

#2 Pickout Peanuts

#2 Pickout Peanuts are a raw, unsalted, small animal feed grade peanut. These are runner peanuts, having less oil and protein content than Valencia's. They are smaller in size than Valencia's, so are better used in open trays, hopper or platform feeders. Woodpeckers, Nuthatches, Flickers, Sapsuckers, Cardinals, Pyrrhuloxias, wrens, chickadees, thrashers, and jays come readily for Pickout Peanuts. There is some debris in the bag (like stems). Sold only by the pound. Buy as many pounds as you like.

Peanuts in the Shell

Peanuts in the Shell are a time tested food for birds, squirrels and chipmunks. Raw and unsalted, ours are just what you need for your feeder. Sold by the pound. Buy as many pounds as you want.

Nyjer

The seed of choice for the goldfinch family members, Nyjer is one of the more expensive seeds for wild birds due to the fact that it is grown in countries like Ethiopia, China, India, Burma, and Nepal. It is usually a wild seed which is hand harvested. Additionally, it needs to be shipped to the US market from points halfway around the globe and, lastly, has to be sterilized to enter the US - as it is considered a pest plant in the Americas. But it still is the most effective for attracting goldfinches and Pine Siskins. Goldfinches and Siskins prefer fresh nyjer. They lose interest in old nyjer and stop coming by for a snack.. Our nyjer reaches our store within one week of its arrival in the USA. Keep your finches happy and feed fresh thistle!

Hemp Seed

This seed was the basic seed in most bird mixes until the 1930's, when prohibition prevented the domestic growing of this seed. Hartz Mountain used it extensively in its bird seed mixes while it was a domestically grown product. Until recently, and like the Nyjer Thistle, it was grown in distant countries and was also an expensive seed for the same reasons. Now, however, Canadian farmers have recently begun growing this popular seed and the prices are beginning to come down. Use Hemp either by itself in a feeder or mix it into other blends for added variety. Cardinals and grosbeaks relish this seed. Hemp is a very nutritious food for birds as it is high in fat, and the oil from the seed is rich in protein, carbohydrates and other trace elements which high energy wild birds need. Sold by the pound only. Buy as many pounds as you like.

Exclusively Cardinal Mix

Our proprietary Exclusively Cardinal Mix is made specifically for Northern Cardinals, Pyrrhuloxias, and grosbeaks. It has everything they love and seek out in nature. It is composed of large black striped sunflower seed, safflower seed, small black oil sunflower seed, hemp seed, sunflower hearts and shelled peanuts. Exclusively Cardinal Mix, above all others, does the best job attracting these desired birds. We recommend this mix for our Species Specific Cardinal Feeder for best results. It works well in pigeon or dove proof feeders as well.

Scratch Mix

Scratch Mix is an excellent ground feeding mix for quail and doves. Chicken farmers use it as a staple for their birds.  It is an all grain, no seed mix, made of cracked corn, wheat berries, red and/or white milo (sorghum). Scatter a small amount in a wide area and change the feeding location daily. This prevents the buildup of uneaten grains and any mold that may develop. Leaving no grains on the ground at night prevents rodents from making themselves at home. It is not meant for feeders as there are no real seed in Scratch Mix and all the grains will be tossed aside by perching seed-eating birds to land on the ground.

No Waste Mix

All Seeds, No Grains

You will never have a mess under your feeders if you use our No Waste Mix. It works well in our pigeon proof feeders and our Cardinal Feeder. Composed of whole sunflower hearts, safflower seed, white proso millet, peanuts, canary seed, and German brown millet, this seed is heaven for people that live in apartments, townhouses or condos, and those that want to maintain a meticulously clean feeding station. Our proprietary No Waste Mix is completely eaten and your feeders remain full longer because it contains none of the ingredients that seed eating birds discard onto the ground. The seeds that do have shells are so lightweight that the smallest breeze dissipates them. All of the ingredients of No Waste Mix are of proven high oil content and superior nutritional values. Best used in squirrel/pigeon/dove proof feeders, No Waste Mix has proven to be long lasting and cost effective...and there is NO BIG MESS TO CLEAN UP.

Sonoran Premium Blend

High quality seed and grain mix for ground feeding Quails, doves, sparrows, towhees, thrashers, wrens, juncos and others readily feed on Sonoran Bird Blend. For ground feeding birds, it's a gourmet blend – composed of white proso millet, black oil sunflower, and red and white milo, coated with vegetable oil. Scatter widely on the ground, feeding only as much as the birds consume in one day. Change the place you ground feed daily to prevent mold and disease transmission. If used in a feeder, the grains end up on the ground while the seeds are eaten at the feeder. For this reason, we recommend using Sonoran Premium Blend only on the ground or in a Platform Feeder.

Finch Mix

Finch Mix is the ideal seed mix for wild red finch species – House Finches, Cassin's Finches and Purple Finches. Buntings, like Lazuli and Indigo, are attracted as well. Both wild and caged finches (like Zebra, Society, Goulding's, etc.) enjoy the nutritious benefits of this mix of six small seeds – white proso millet, golden German brown millet, red millet, canary seed and rape (canola) seed. Use a ground feeder or broadcast onto the ground for sparrow. If you ground feed, please put out small amounts that are eaten in one day and change the location of the ground feeding daily.

White Proso Millet

This little white seed packs a nutritional wallop and is favored by many small seed eaters. It is a staple in most bird mixes. Use it to attract not only our common House Finch and House Sparrow, but draw in a score of exotic sparrows that frequent Southern Arizona and Texas. Most resident finches and sparrows are familiar with this seed. In Ethiopia and other developing countries, it is a staple in the human diet. Inexpensive and popular, try White Proso Millet in a pigeon proof feeder. You'll be pleasantly surprised by its popularity with small finches and sparrows.