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Originally Posted by Amadeus
I found that niger seed was ignored (had a couple of goldfinches that went for it initially but then they stopped). Meal worms go well, the slabs of nutritious fat and fat balls went well throughout winter but are now largely ignored. Sun flower seeds (not hearts) are still going well.
So I think the moral is to try lots of things and see what is taken up. But I think you need to persevere because the birds won't know it's there initially. And they're not called bird brained for nothing.
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Same for me with the nyger seed. And don't assume all products are the same. Some suet pellets from the garden centre were so hard the birds stopped eating them - went back to a box from the discount pet shop and they're going fast. The nesting blue tits nearby are scoffing a lot of these but they also like the mixed seed and the fat balls.
Always put my feeders near cover as it attracts more visitors. They ignore one set hanging from the bird table in winter as the lilac bush beside it is too bare but now it's in flower and full leaf they use them as much as the feeding pole* beside the hedge.
The hard pellets went on to the bird table after a soak in bacon fat and the crows & starlings went mental for them!
*I have not outsourced feeding the birds to a man from Poland in case you were wondering...