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Category Archives: Bird Seed / Suets and Food

Can you stop thinking about insects as enemies?

January 17, 2012 – 11:50 am

We know, it’s difficult to think about the spider in your shoe as a friend, but there are alot of great things about insects – as your wild bird friends would tell you, if they could. Let your mind wander and think about the beauty of insects – not just the butterfly!  Dragonflies are gorgeous [...]

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When should I feed wild bird suet?

October 8, 2011 – 10:33 pm

ALL YEAR ROUND!!! In the past, people fed suet only in the fall and winter, due to poor quality and misconceptions of feeding wild birds. Winter is a good time for the beginner to start feeding because most trees are bare of foliage making the birds very visible. You are also more apt to see birds [...]

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Tips for Summer Bird Feeding

July 9, 2011 – 12:00 am

During the summer time, many birds enjoy eating insects, worms, and nectar from plants in addition to seed, nuts, and suet. In order to keep the birds coming to your yard, it is important to keep the food fresh and to offer more unusual and unique options for the birds. Keeping your suet or seed [...]

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Need a Cheap Way to Attract Birds? Feed Them Seeds!

May 2, 2011 – 3:52 pm

The most economical way to feed birds is to give them bird seed!  All varieties of birds like bird seed.  Here are the different types of bird seed that you can feed your backyard birds: Sunflower seeds:  This type of seed is the most common among birds and its no surprise why:  they contain as [...]

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The Logic Behind Placing Bird Feeding Stations in Your Backyard

March 25, 2011 – 1:48 pm

The way you place bird feeding stations in your backyard can affect how many birds visit your backyard.  A logical placement of bird feeders can also attract a variety of birds.  Here are a few suggestions for proper placement of bird feeders: • You should have multiple “stations” placed around your yard.  Each station should [...]

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RachelsRobin Christmas / New Year Jingle for you!

December 25, 2010 – 11:11 pm

‘Twas the days surrounding Christmas and all ’round your yard, the birds were all hungry while you wrote out your cards…. Your feeders were hung in the blustery space, for no little bird has energy to waste…. In the hustle and bustle of the holiday cheer … the feeders went empty – Oh Dear, Oh Dear. [...]

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Preferred Foods of Common Birds

October 25, 2010 – 10:17 pm

Different birds like different types of wild bird food. Sunflower seeds attract most seed-eating birds. The most attractive sunflower seed is the black, oil-type. Another outstanding food is a type of millet, known as white prove or white millet. White millet attracts house sparrows and brown-headed cowbirds. A common ingredient in mixes, peanut hearts, strongly [...]

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Price Cuts at RachelsRobin.com “Turn back the hands of time”

September 15, 2010 – 8:31 pm

In a move that undercuts online wild bird retailers, www.RachelsRobin.com announced the price reduction of every wild bird feeder, hummingbird feeder and wild bird feed product in stock at the popular wild birding website. RachelsRobin’s price cut campaign referred to as “Turn back the hands of Time” features a 10% reduction across the board on all products [...]

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Safflower Seed Benefits for Wild Bird Feeding

August 8, 2010 – 2:42 pm

High quality safflower seed is ideal for attracting cardinals, grosbeaks, nuthatches, and chickadees to your yard. Safflower seed is rich in fat and protein, which are needed for survival. Safflower is a highly branched, herbaceous, thistle-like annual, usually with many long sharp spines on the leaves. Plants are 30 to 150 cm tall with globular [...]

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High Energy Suet – Year Round for Backyard Birds

July 15, 2010 – 10:00 pm

Suet feeding was once primarily for winter feeding, but now has become a year-round activity and supplements a regular seed-feeding program (and in some cases replaces seed altogether). Wild Bird Suet is a high-energy source of food for birds, but used to have a bad connotation because it was messy and greasy. The new generation suet produced [...]

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