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Well, here’s something you don’t see every day! LOL, what is the most unusual bird that has visited your feeders? For our friend Jim, it was this turkey. Jim says he often sees turkeys in his yard and they will eat food that drops on the ground, but they don’t generally perch on his pole! Nice shot Jim! Thanks for sharing with us! Nice feeder set up Jim. I’m not familiar with the pole, but certainly know those feeders and foods. The feeder on the left is our WBU Quick-Clean XL Seed Tube. It has 6 feeder ports and holds 3 ½ quarts of food. Jim has his filled with safflower, which is a favorite food of cardinals, House Finches, chickadees, titmice, nuthatches and Mourning Doves. Squirrels, starlings and grackles tend not to eat it. The feeder on the far right looks almost identical to that on the left except it is black and not green and is treated with an antimicrobial coating that inhibits the growth of mold and bacteria. Jim fills the feeder with our No Mess Low Millet blend of shell-free sunflower chips, white millet and shelled peanuts. There is something for everybirdie in this tasty blend which is probably why the feeder needs refilling! Jim is feeding our large Woodpecker Blend seed cylinder on our WBU Vertical Seed Cylinder Feeder. Woodpecker Blend seed cylinders are made from tree nuts, black oil sunflower seeds, peanuts, and Bark Butter Bits (suet nuggets) and are great for attracting nut eating birds such as woodpeckers, nuthatches, chickadees and even cardinals. That’s our Bark Butter Tub in the wooden feeder with the slanted roof. Bark Butter is our trademarked suet and birds love it! In fact, over 160 bird species have been seen enjoying Bark Butter – I bet that turkey would love to have a taste!

Well, here’s something you don’t see every day! LOL, what is the most unusual bird that has visited your feeders? For our friend Jim, it was this turkey. Jim says he often sees turkeys in his yard and they will eat food that drops on the ground, but they don’t generally perch on his pole! Nice shot Jim! Thanks for sharing with us! Nice feeder set up Jim. I’m not familiar with the pole, but certainly know those feeders and foods. The feeder on the left is our WBU Quick-Clean XL Seed Tube. It has 6 feeder ports and holds 3 ½ quarts of food. Jim has his filled with safflower, which is a favorite food of cardinals, House Finches, chickadees, titmice, nuthatches and Mourning Doves. Squirrels, starlings and grackles tend not to eat it. The feeder on the far right looks almost identical to that on the left except it is black and not green and is treated with an antimicrobial coating that inhibits the growth of mold and bacteria. Jim fills the feeder with our No Mess Low Millet blend of shell-free sunflower chips, white millet and shelled peanuts. There is something for everybirdie in this tasty blend which is probably why the feeder needs refilling! Jim is feeding our large Woodpecker Blend seed cylinder on our WBU Vertical Seed Cylinder Feeder. Woodpecker Blend seed cylinders are made from tree nuts, black oil sunflower seeds, peanuts, and Bark Butter Bits (suet nuggets) and are great for attracting nut eating birds such as woodpeckers, nuthatches, chickadees and even cardinals. That’s our Bark Butter Tub in the wooden feeder with the slanted roof. Bark Butter is our trademarked suet and birds love it! In fact, over 160 bird species have been seen enjoying Bark Butter – I bet that turkey would love to have a taste!

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I opened my email this morning and found this gorgeous photo of a male Red-bellied Woodpecker waiting for me! The photo was taken and shared by our friend Neale. Neale always takes such amazing bird photos! If you feed birds, you probably have Red-bellied Woodpeckers coming to your feeders, but did you know that as recently as the 1940’s and 50’s, this bird would have been a rarity here in Massachusetts? More moderate winters and an increase in bird feeding are believed responsible for the northern expansion of the range of several bird species including the Red-bellied Woodpecker, Northern Cardinal and Tufted Titmouse – all now common at our feeders! In the wild, Red-bellied Woodpeckers eat a varied diet of insects, seeds, nuts, and fruits. This varied diet makes it easy to attract them to our feeders where they will eat sunflower seeds and chips (shell-free sunflower seeds), peanuts and other nuts, and suet (especially if it contains fruit or insects). They will also sometimes drink nectar from hummingbird and oriole feeders, and eat oranges put out for orioles. The bird in Neale’s photo was flying in to sample the WBU No Mess Blend of bird food he has in his feeder. This is a mix of sunflower chips, peanuts and millet – yum, that’s some good stuff! The feeder is our Quick-Clean XL Seed Tube Feeder which is great for busy feeders because it holds up to 3.5 quarts of food! This large-capacity feeder allows you to spend less time filling the feeder and more time sitting and watching the birds!