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Working with a local consortium of experts, our mixes are custom-blended to maximize the attractiveness to your favorite local species.
| Mix |
Contents |
| Nature's Trail Mix |
mixed nuts and tree nuts / shell-less |
| Briones Blend |
sunflower seed chips, crushed peanut hearts, hulled millet, safflower |
| Dove and Quail |
white millet, cracked corn, safflower |
| Finch Mix |
nyjer, finely ground sunflower seed chips |
| Garden Mix |
sunflower seed chips, hulled millet, safflower |
| Just Hearts Mix |
sunflower seed chips, crushed peanut hearts |
| Mount Diablo Mix |
black oil sunflower seed, safflower, red and white millet, sunflower seed chips |
| Pure Patio Mix |
sunflower seed chips, crushed peanut hearts, hulled millet |
| Songbird Select |
black oil sunflower seed, safflower, sunflower seed chips |
| Squirrel and Wildlife Mix |
black oil sunflower seed, striped sunflower seed, whole peanuts, shelled peanuts, whole corn kernels, pumpkin seed |
| Fruit and Nut Mix |
black oil sunflower seed, sunflower seed chips, dried cranberry and papaya, shelled peanuts, striped sunflower seed, safflower, tree nuts |
There are a number of good reasons to use mixes:
- You can sometimes attract a wider variety of birds to your feeder.
- You don't need to deal with mixing yourself.
- We offer some "no-mess" mixes (see below).
- Optimized to attract our local birds.
This said, usually it is best to hang a variety of feeders, each with different
seed and/or seed mixes, otherwise you could end up with only the most aggressive birds
feeding, while the more timid species stay away.
Click the name of the mix for additional information. |
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If you're lucky enough to be outside at dusk on a reasonably warm evening you might see something darting through the air at seemingly nothing. It could be a moth, maybe a bird out late, but most likely, a bat.
I was out at twilight trying to get my bird baths filled for the following day when I thought I saw something zip past out of the corner of my eye. I stood still and waited for movement. There it was again. I tried to track it, but it was moving too fast. "What the heck are you?" I said out loud.
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Attracting birds and bees
to our yards and gardens is simple, if we provide what they like and need.
Joanie Smith, owner of East Bay Nature in Walnut Creek and Dublin, says there are five essential elements for success — water, food, cover, nesting and safety.
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