1302 W. Broadway (at Birch)
Vancouver, BC V6H 1H2
What is millet and why do my perching birds seem to toss it around? Millet is a small, white, round seed that can be offered alone or as part of a seed blend and is a favourite of ground feeding birds such as juncos, doves, towhees, and sparrows. Because of this behavior, they're more likely to be found foraging below and around your feeder rather than flying up to eat from it directly.
This is in contrast to the perching and clinging birds you most often find on the feeders themselves. Different birds with different preferred feeding methods also have preferred foods! When designing our seed blends we had this in mind, so for example blends that include a mix of millet and sunflower are deliberately planned so that the perching birds will push the millet aside in favour of the sunflower, with the millet falling down to the ground feeding birds in their preferred area!
There are many reasons you may decide to offer millet or not depending on your feeder setup, and we're always happy to help you in figuring out if this often overlooked ingredient can add some more life to your yard!
Contains around 10% hulled millet which is attractive to ground-feeding birds beneath your feeder, such as sparrows, towhees, and juncos.
Ingredients: medium sunflower chips, diced peanuts, split peanut halves, hulled millet.
Available in 5lbs, 10lbs, and 20lbs.
Our Deluxe Blend attracts a wide variety of birds. This blend is full of black oil sunflower seeds, millet, striped sunflower and safflower and is bound to satisfy a bevy of birds in your backyard.
Ingredients: Black Oil Sunflower, White Millet, Safflower, Striped Sunflower
Available in 5lbs, 10lbs, and 20lbs.
Our Supreme Blend bird seed features a combination of seeds that helps attract a wide variety of birds to your yard and feeders!
Ingredients: Black Oil Sunflower, Safflower, White Millet, Medium Sunflower Chips, Striped Sunflower.
Available in 5lbs, 10lbs, and 20lbs.
