A few weeks ago I noticed that my backyard bird feeder was running low on seed - time for a refill. The feeder wasn't completely empty, however: At the bottom, there remained a large pile of one ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Black oil sunflower seed is the best option for attracting a wide variety of bird species to your feeders. Hulled sunflower ...

White proso millet seed can be a great addition to your bird-feeding landscape. Learn which birds eat it, how to serve it, ...

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Q: Is there any trick to keeping birdseed from coming up in beds beneath my feeders? I’m tired of all the grass germinating. A: That’s probably millet, a common ingredient in some standard seed mixes.

Depending on the type of bird seed you use, it can start to go bad within just a few weeks after being opened. These storage ...

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The seed in question was round and reddish brown, about half the diameter of a pea, with a black dot at one end. It was familiar enough — you see it in just about any bag of bird seed mix you can buy ...

Black oil sunflower seed is the best option for attracting a wide variety of bird species to your feeders. Hulled sunflower kernels are convenient but more expensive and require careful handling to ...

The seed in question was round and reddish brown, about half the diameter of a pea, with a black dot at one end. It was familiar enough — you see it in just about any bag of bird seed mix you can buy ...