The folks at WILD BIRDS UNLIMITED in Newmarket, Ontario, where I buy all my bird seed, introduced me to a new product recently. It is sunflower chips. I bought a bag and tried it out on my partner Pat's 3rd floor apartment balcony, where she also a couple of hummingbird feeders. The sunflower chips were quickly discovered by Goldfinchs, Mourning Doves and Song Sparrows. These birds can't get enough of this new feed. We have a dozen Goldfinches at a time feeding in a not-very-large spot on the balcony. It's now a constant stream of birds feeding here.
I bought a 5 lb. bag at the beginning and it only lasted a little over 2 weeks. I'm now into a second bag and thinking about buying larger bags in the future. This product comes in several sizes up to 50 lb. bags, but at almost 84 years of age, I try not to lift anything over 50 lbs, anymore. The Wild Birds Unlimited Store in Newmarket has devoted a huge amount of space to this new product, with the various-sized bags stacked high in the centre of the store. It's selling like crazy.
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BarrytheBirder
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