White millet is the preferred millet and is readily eaten by doves, sparrows and juncos. Cracked corn is relished by blue jays and large game birds. Offer it in tray feeders like our Giant Seed Tray and Universal Seed Tray. Hulled seed leaves no mess under the feeder, but if using in hot or wet weather, fill your feeder only with what will be eaten in a day. Otherwise, the seed can rot and make the birds sick.
Peanuts are big with woodpeckers, titmice, chickadees, nuthatches and jays.
Mealworms attract insect eaters like blue birds, thrushes and warblers, while other seed eating birds enjoy them too. Sugar water that you mix yourself is a mainstay for hummingbirds and is taken by as many as fifty other nectar eaters, including orioles and woodpeckers. Birds need a supply of water year round. In winter a birdbath heater will keep ice from forming in sub freezing temps. Some very enjoyable activity will take place at the birdbath.