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include seed hulls and twigs.
Most birds love black-oiled sunflower seed because it is easy to crack the outer shell, under which is a large nutmeat. Striped sunflower seed can be cracked and eaten by grosbeak or woodpeckers. Titmice, nuthatches, and jays will eventually crack the striped seed as well.
Smaller finches, towhees, and other small seedeaters easily crack black-oiled seed. With so many seeds being cracked at a feeder, plenty of seed bits are scattered about for sparrows, juncos and wrens to clean up.
It is best not to fill tube feeders with mixed seed. The mixed seed will most likely run out onto the ground and become a magnet for sparrows, pigeons, and blackbirds. Using sunflower seed instead will prevent spoiled seed and waste.
If you scatter seed on the ground all winter in one place, you will create an unhealthy area that will be hard to clean up in the spring. Try to change feeding spots several times, especially during wet weather.
Birds may seem to love your stale bread, but bread has lots of filler, but no real nutritional value. Bread also attracts mostly starlings and house sparrows. Try offering apples, oranges, meat scraps, rendered suet, or other nutritional foods instead. You can provide birds with an energy boost by smearing crunchy peanut butter on the bark of trees.
Keep in mind that a dirty feeder
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