Wagner's 13013 Four Season Wild Bird Food, 40-Pound Bag

I've read some of the 1-star reviews where people were complaining that the birds won't touch it.On the contrary, I feed the birds in my area about 4-5 pints (or 8-10 cups) of bird food every day, which is always gone by the next morning. I get a lot of mourning doves (they usually like to come in hordes of 30 doves), sparrows, finches, mockingbirds, and at least 3 other species of bird that don't know the name for. Sometimes the ground gets so covered with birds that I can't even see the ground with the birdseed. The squirrels also like the food, but they usually go for the sunflower seeds, which none of the birds will touch (sunflower seeds appear to be too hard for the birds to break open).So I'm not sure why the birds mentioned in the 1-star posts won't eat the seeds, but the birds in my area can eat me to bankruptcy (I feed the birds about 40-50 lbs of bird seed per month right now). And I live right in the middle of the suburbs, not near densely forested areas. The only thing that will deter the birds are hawks, cats, and crows.What I love about this blend is that there aren't a lot of sunflower seeds, which only the squirrels will eat. Keep in mind that more sunflower seeds = more squirrels = more sunflower seed shells to clean up. Fortunately, because the squirrels are only interested in the sunflower seeds, the squirrels will only come in the morning, eat up the sunflower seeds, and leave the rest of the seeds alone so the birds can eat in peace. In a way, the lack of sunflower seeds makes for a natural squirrel deterrent.In short: the birds love it, the squirrels don't particularly care for it, there's not a lot of sunflower seeds (which are untouched unless the squirrels come), and I don't have to break my bank to feed the birds in my area. I'm going to keep buying this blend from Wagner's!

Now, there are lots of places to find good, gooey grubs and other nom-noms, but for the other birds who might be a tad pickier about their fare, of all the brands I've tried, this seems to be the one they respond to the most. (And the squirrels seem so darned determined to get to.) Since I live in Southern California, we have birds that don't migrate, but house here all year long, and others who are just passing through. This seems to have just the right mixture for both sorts of flighted friends. I have three feeders and we also have places for them to water and bathe and nest and all sorts of good stuff, but I fill the feeder directly outside my office window with this mix, and watch in wonder as the delightful range of winged wonders all flit by to check out what's on the menu. The bags can be a little heavy, but I have a bad back, but it also means you're getting a good-sized amount of food for a good price. Not much empty space in these heavy suckers. Good value, good eatin', great watching. And it's not the 'pet shop' food you shouldn't feed wild birds either; made especially for our outdoor friends.

We have a lot of smaller birds around, and have a  small bird feeder  for them. We hang it from our back window with a  suction cup hanger.  The set up works wonderfully and it hasn't fallen or gotten loose in months. The birds go crazy for this food. I mean, sometimes we have like 5 birds jammed on the feeder with one hanging on the window screen trying to get a space. My feeder doesn't work well for larger birds, but we have seen some doves try to sit sideways on it to get the food. Luckily for them, the smaller ones often knock the food out of the tray of the feeder and there is always a sprinkling on the ground for the bigger dudes. We also have a nice  shallow bird bath  for them. We had a deeper one, but found a dead bird in it once...even with some rocks in it, it was too deep for the little ones. I felt really bad, and we don't use that one anymore.We have attracted a lot of different birds (I don't know the kinds of birds they all are, cardinals, chickadees, sparrows, jays, yellow ones, a blue one...ha ha! I TOLD you I didn't know!) I took a photo of the seed mix so you could see the ratios. They seem to pick around for the things that each one likes. My feeder does spill, but there are enough birds (there is a field near us) that they usually eat up the spills. If you have yours over a patio or something, you may want to look for a different feeder, but we love our set up! We watch them every morning. And they adore this food so I usually have to fill the small feeder every day. I usually rinse the bath and fill it daily anyway, so it is no big deal to dump a cup full of food in. I buy this big bag of food and keep a large empty Wendy's cup in it to scoop it out and fill it. The bigger bags were much cheaper by pound than the smaller one, but I always compare, just in case.(edited: because I am stupid and uploaded a sideways picture the first time!)

Great for the price but very light on sunflower seeds -maybe 10%? Hard to tell but not a lot. Typical Wagner quality, very clean. My doves and quail really seem to like it.I am ordering a 40# bag of sunflower seeds to mix together with this which will be a nice blend - if I had room and was coming into winter instead of summer I would cut this bag with two 40# bags of sunflower seeds.

One of the best deals on 40lb Bird Seed. We live in Montana and use this in several bird feeders around the property. The feeders attract several different varieties of birds. We've noticed that the sunflower seeds are definitely favorites out here. We'll often see the smaller birds picking out the sunflower seeds from the feeders - shoving the rest of the seeds out of the way and onto the ground. Then the ground birds and wild turkeys come through to eat up what's fallen to the ground.Our chipmunks and squirrels enjoy this seed blend as well so make sure you place your bird feeders in high places that are out of reach.... Or get the horse head squirrel feeder for LOLz -  Accoutrements Horse Head Squirrel Feeder

Well, I haven't tried it myself, but the birds really seem to like it!

100% satisfied!

good value for money

Birds where I live (Central Manitoba) only eat the sunflower seeds and corn which account for about 2% of the feed.Rest of it just gets discarded to the ground.