What do your garden birds enjoy eating?

[welsh dragon]

We have a couple of those "squirrel proof" feeders which work well.
We sometimes grease the poles and get some entertainment from that.
AND.....I have an air rifle.

I have an air rifle as well. I also have neighbour that cries like a girly if you so much as step on a bug let alone do anything else. I have squirrel proof ones as well. Might have to see about greasing the pole as well. And if that doesn't sound like a euphemism I don't know what does.

 

[midlife]

all the usual stuff but now put out some jars of Flutter Butter screwed to the pergola.....feeding frenzy at times, even the magpies LOL

 

[Dave7]

I have an air rifle as well. I also have neighbour that cries like a girly if you so much as step on a bug let alone do anything else. I have squirrel proof ones as well. Might have to see about greasing the pole as well. And if that doesn't sound like a euphemism I don't know what does.

I was going to say you can grease my pole anytime you want.........
But I wont.

 

[raleighnut]

Generally 'Premium' seed mix with suet pellets along with mealworms and suet blocks. Despite having 6 cats the 'death toll' is not that high amongst the sparrows but then they grew up with cats around so they know how to cope.

 

[Yellow Saddle]

I have an industrial sized supply of mealworms here that no bird seems to want. Which birds go for that?

 

[the_mikey]

Mealworm, sliced apples, even old apples, blackbirds love them.

 

[Dave7]

I have an industrial sized supply of mealworms here that no bird seems to want. Which birds go for that?

Robins to my knowledge.

 

[Yellow Saddle]

Robins to my knowledge.

They absolutely ignore my worms. I have a tame robin that follows me around when I dig and disturb things in the garden and it can see the worms but leaves them alone.

 

[BoldonLad]

They absolutely ignore my worms. I have a tame robin that follows me around when I dig and disturb things in the garden and it can see the worms but leaves them alone.

A vegetarian Robin, perhaps?

 

[Mr Celine]

I have an industrial sized supply of mealworms here that no bird seems to want. Which birds go for that?

Chickens. Ours go mental for them, more so if they're the live ones.

 

[Kempstonian]

Goldfinches LOVE Niger seeds.
Mealworms are taken by Magpies, blackbirds, starlings, robins and any other insect eaters
A suet block in my garden is eaten in less than a day by starlings
Blue tits and great tits eat suet balls, pellets and blocks (when they can get near them!)
Sparrows and finches will take mixed seeds. I get a big sack from Wilkos, which has a lot of wheat in it, and add peanuts (the pigeons & doves like them), black and striped sunflower seeds, mealworms, suet sticks and some better quality mixed seeds to improve the overall quality.

 

[Levo-Lon]

Goldfinches LOVE Niger seeds.
Mealworms are taken by Magpies, blackbirds, starlings, robins and any other insect eaters
A suet block in my garden is eaten in less than a day by starlings
Blue tits and great tits eat suet balls, pellets and blocks (when they can get near them!)
Sparrows and finches will take mixed seeds. I get a big sack from Wilkos, which has a lot of wheat in it, and add peanuts (the pigeons & doves like them), black and striped sunflower seeds, mealworms, suet sticks and some better quality mixed seeds to improve the overall quality.

Same here, its war i tell ya

 

[sleuthey]

Grass seed. I was incredibly popular with the local birds when I laid my lawn. One Starling ate so much that he had problems taking off when he had finished.

 

[Seevio]

Chickens. Ours go mental for them, more so if they're the live ones.

On the other hand, the dead chickens don't tend to be so enthusiastic about mealworms.

 

[stephec]

Aldi fat balls, a big tub of fifty for £3.00, all the birds in our garden love them.