Pine Tree Farms1480 Woodpecker Seed Cake, 2.5 Pounds

I really enjoy the variety of bird seed cakes: size and ingredients. They nicely handle many varying birds' need for well controlled eating.

these California rains have been hard on the wild birds. These food blocks are very popular in this bird community and I'm not feeding the local rats. The hard part for me is they are rather expensive. I'm not sure if I can keep this form of feeding these birds up for this whole winter season.

I like this product as do the birds because it last a long time. I don't know what is used to keep it ina solid block, but it makes it very hard so there is a lot of pecking.

I live in MA so I can't speak for the rest of the country. Most of my "customers" are Hairy's and Downy's, which are on the small side for woodpeckers. I tried one of these "bricks" (a more accurate description than "cake") based on a review comment that they last longer than Birdola. That is an indisputable fact! However, I'm not sure if my little guys are enjoying this as much as the Birdola because they have to work at it way harder. So hard that I feel sorry for them watching the effort they go through. I have yet to see a Nuthatch come away with anything. But they all enjoy trying!I am going to do a side-by-side test with Birdola and see which one gets the most attention. I'm betting that Birdola will be preferred, because it's softer.

My doves and thrashers LOVE this! In fact, they seem to like it better than the quail block, and they spend less time on the hanging bird feeder. and the woodpeckers like it too, in fact, one has started coming around just in the last two days, regularly, that previously only showed up now and then. Oops, he just flew off with a nut in his mouth! This is a total success! for the price it's not as good as the quail blocks which are humungous, but the birds are really having a blast with this.

This product holds together and doesn’t break up so that when we put it in our feeder they have to work hard to get it. I can’t attest to the flavor but the bird sure go after it. We have Blue Jays and all types of woodpeckers.

I noticed that the 2 reviews, both 5 star, were for the east coast. I live in Arizona and the only bird in my yard that will touch these cakes are Ladderback Woodpeckers, and even they just nibble at them. I'm not sure why. I think it might be how tough the coating is. I watch the birds in the mornings to keep the pigeons out so the littler birds have a chance and the woody seems to work awfully hard to get what morsels they do. By contrast, the Birdola Woodpecker or Beetlemania seed blocks are very popular with all the birds. In fact, that was one of the reasons I switched brands was to find something that would last longer. I can go through a Birdola cake in 3-4 days. They would be ideal if the woodies would warm up to them.One other thing. Half of this order came with 1/4 to half the seedcake covered in mold. No birds touch those until I scrub it off with a wire brush. Even then, I get few takers. It's a shame. The blocks are big, full of nuts and a good $2 cheaper than the smaller Birdola blocks.My bird clientele tends to be a full range of sparrows; Inca, Mourning, and White-wing Doves, several variety of Wrens, a Thrush or two, the occasional Quail, Blackbird, and Robin, and Ladderback Woodpeckers. Of course, Pigeons (lots of those) and even they don't bother with this brand.

On the plus side, this seed cake did arrive all in one piece. However, it's tended to stay that way for over a month now. I have a lot of active birds, a lot of feeders, and I plan on replacing a seed cake of this size in at least a month. This cake has been up for almost 2 months, and there's hardly a dent in it. I don't know if the cake is too hard as one other review mentioned. I just know I've taken it out of the hanging feeder and placed it in an old bird bath that still looks good but no longer holds water. This cake is sitting there, with birds on the trees around it, all by itself, with not even a squirrel eating it.