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ferred and unused. Sharon Walbridge’s alternative to the commercial mixture is millet — organically grown, and easily obtainable in bulk at natural food stores. Its price is competitive with standard commercial mixtures, and there is no waste. She sprinkles it on the ground, year round, to attract cardinals, towhees, sparrows and indigo buntings.
Ms. Walbridge considers cowbirds, blue jays, evening grosbeaks and all kinds of finches “problem species” because of their aggressiveness. Mourning doves are also somewhat of a problem because they consume great quantities of millet. She uses a special feeder, fitted with a wire cage (it was originally designed as a suet feeder), to selectively exclude finches and larger birds from her mixture of sunflower seeds, millet and ground suet. Woodpeckers, chickadees, nuthatches, titmice and wrens can all easily reach the special mixture.
Ms. Walbridge has developed a remarkable rapport with hummingbirds. She recognizes several individual birds — some of which return each year — and she’s convinced that they recognize her. “They’re much more aware than most people,” she said. “They recognize you. . .There’s no question about it.”
She summons them with a special whistling call, and sometimes feeds
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