Wagner's 62051 Nyjer Seed Wild Bird Food, 5-Pound Bag

We have had Goldfinches at our thistle feeder where we hardly ever saw them before!These birds are one our favorites!

Good value

I specifically bought safflower and nyjer seeds because we are inundated with starlings for the first time. They have always been in my neighborhood by the hundreds every afternoon around 4 but they land on the wires or a yard, stay there chattering for 5 or 10 minutes, and then leave. I had been using a Lyric Songbird no-mess blend in my window feeders but the starlings descended one day and stripped the feeders clean in minutes. I had 14 of them all at once on each of two 4" x 12" attachable window feeders, fighting with each other for the food. It was like a cartoon. They were stuffed inside, flipping the seed out, on the top, hanging on the perch on the front. If I wasn't so mad I would have been LOL. Actually I was. But I was ripping mad too. I was knocking at the window until I thought I was going to break it. Believe me. They didn't give a hoot. Knock away, sucker. We've got your food. Best in the neighborhood. Hahaha. The same thing happened the next day. I left the feeders empty for over a week and then replaced the songbird mix with half nyjer/half safflower seeds with a few peanuts in their shells mixed in. Everything was great for about 10 days. The cardinals, purple finches, sparrows, chickadees, titmice, nuthatches, bluejays all took a day or so to get used to the new offering and then seemed to love it. I was willing to put up with having to sweep up the seed mess on the walkway under the window if it meant the new mix kept the starlings at bay. It did until 2 days ago. Now the feeders are stripped again, there's seed and poop all over the feeders, the side of my house, and under the window. It was extraordinarily cold here the past two days (-10 with 35 mph winds) and I'm wondering if that's why the starlings are eating food they allegedly hate. I will try one more time and then I'll have to stop feeding the birds I love if the starlings come back. I hate to do it but I can't keep up with the cost and mess caused by the hordes of starlings. I'll post this on the safflower seed site as well so that other buyers will be aware that starlings will eat it. UPDATE: it's been a few weeks since the frigid temps we had on the weekend that the starlings stripped the feeders. Since those two days I have only seen one starling once at the feeders. The nyjer/safflower/peanuts in shell mix is definitely keeping the starlings at bay and the rest of the birds happy. The starlings must've been starving on the frigidly cold days and would have eaten anything for energy. I'm glad I could oblige, I suppose! It's a real mess under the feeders and I have to sweep every day or two to keep the seed from tracking into the house but it is fun to watch the birds fly in and enjoy themselves at the window feeders.

I am editing this review because, even though I wasn't satisfied with this "messy" birdseed, I have had very good results with Wagner's "Deluxe Blend!" The cardinals, bluejays, and other interesting birds come daily to feast on this birdseed. It is not messy at all and is easy to clean up. It's a quality product and I highly recommend it!! The birds continue to visit and have a "snack", even as I write this!

This is perfect for my feeder, and the birds love it.

I am glad that I bought this finch feeder. Birds just love it and I love watching them.

The little finches loved this food!

Wish I had taken a photo of our large tube feeder, covered with yellow and purple finches!There wasn’t one feeding port unoccupied!Annnnnd….., believe it or not, we actually have a Cardinal that shares our small mesh feeder with the yellow finches!Very unusual, as Cardinals are ground feeders!I guess it just can’t resist, snacking on those deeeeelicious Wagner Niger Seeds!We would like to thank the Wagner Company, for taking such pride in the quality of their product and gifting us, with so many beautiful colorful birds!