Kaytee Ultimate Birder's Blend Food, Wild Bird Seed, 9.75 Pounds | Attract more songbirds, bird food for outside feeders, cardinal bird food, safflower, peanuts

I put the Brome Squirrel Buster Plus Podium kit ($300) in the back yard of my new central Texas home and filled it with the Ultimate No Mess Wild Bird Food. I sprinkled some around the base of the feeder and doves, grackles, starlings, rabbits, squirrels and mockingbirds were eating off the ground and landing in the feeder's catch tray by sunset on day 1. A couple of days later, some sparrows realized they could eat from the feeder's perch and be relatively safe from the larger birds (due to a clear plastic shield above them). The smaller birds (sparrows, cardinals, and blue jays) knock some of the food down to the catch tray which soon filled with doves, mocking birds and robins eating what fell from above. Those birds then knock some of the smaller bits through drainage holes in the catch tray onto the ground below, where squirrels, rabbits, starlings and grackles eat what's left. My wife and I are new to 'feeding/watching wild birds each morning' and we are having a blast watching 'The Circle of Life' happening in our backyard. This no mess bird feed is definitely a hit with the birds (and other critters) in my Central Texas location.

I have been trying all sorts of bird seed this summer. This stuff is amazing. I have seen so many varieties of birds, some I’ve never seen before. They literally line up for it.

I've been feeding birds with this product for three mos. They happily empty the feeder daily. This month I ran out so I bought two small seed bags at my local grocery store as I waited for my next Amazon delivery. My birds would not touch the local brand seed -- not at all. Finally, my next Kaytee seed delivery arrived. I sat the bag on my porch, thinking I would try blending it with the untouched seed. The birds would not have it! The next day I found the Kaytee bird seed bag torn open and seeds spilled all over my porch. The local disliked seed bag remained upright and untouched. I threw it out. Apparently, my birds, squirrels and the occasional opossum are completely sold on this Kaytee seed. Full star rating based on the clear preferences of my neighborhood wildlife!

I put this in my first-ever bird feeder and we hung it about 13 feet from our house. By the third day, every little yellow bird in our county was in my back yard! I quickly bought another bag, and within five days, both 20 lb bags had been devoured! We had such a gathering of different species all getting along well. They were so fun to watch, I just hope we can afford to support them in the new lifestyle they are getting accustomed to. They love this feed, and of course they make a horrible mess. Granted, the mess isn't shells and trash bits, it's food, and some of the larger birds eat it off the ground. I'm just hoping we don't attract rats & mice. ‐‐----------- Update 8/20/24 Lowering to four stars. All my tweeters tend to pick out what they like and in the process a lot of bits fall to the ground. I noticed an odd, new grass growing below the feeder and realized the corn in this mix was sprouting! I hadn't noticed it before, but now I see there is a LOT of corn in it. I think I'll try other formulas instead.

My messy birds love this stuff. I wpuld buy again if it went on sale. I tries this stuff because I was so sick of cleaning up after try birds with the back sunflower seed shells. It has even attached birds i have never seen before.

I have never seen birds fight before, but they fight over this bird seed. No injuries so far though. They love this birdseed and empty the feeder in no time. It's worth frequently replenishing because I almost always have birds at the feeder now. I also love that I can say goodbye to undesirable plants growing beneath the feeder. No mess indeed!

Not so great for my wild finches as there are quite a few larger seeds that don’t or cannot be eaten. Even the sparrows discard them.

The birds love it. I mixed it with whole sunflower seeds,although It know it has hulled ones. Hopefully the birds won’t wipe it out too quickly! it is a good blend for my small wild birds & I’m sure they’ll be converging onto my feeder like little old lady’s at a rummage sale…