Feeding and birdwatching is fun, but if you’re not careful, you can spend a small fortune in food and seeds. Americans spent about 5 billion last year. That’s a lot of sunflower seeds. Recently, I have been buying in bulk wherever I can. I buy Premium Birdseed at Sam’s, for example, at about $29 for 40 pounds of high-quality seed, but that blend does not have sunflower hearts or chips, which is what my bluebirds demand.
Pennington, however, offers a 15-pound bag of Sunflower Chips for $29.97 on Amazon, which is a hair under $10 for 5 pounds. If you buy 5-pound bags of this seed at the grocery store, it often costs $13 or more, so this is a nice savings.
I believe that my birds actually prefer the sunflower chips to whole sunflower hearts. The chips are easier to eat as the hulls have been removed and there is no waste or mess left in the feeder. There is also zero chance that the seeds will sprout beneath the feeder.
I now keep a 15-pound bag in storage which I douse with Cole’s Hot Sauce to keep the squirrels at bay. The only other seeds or treat your birds will needs would be a wedge of suet, some thistle for the finches and peanuts for the jays. Pennington products, by the way, are all enriched with vitamins, nutrients, and minerals to help provide a balanced diet for your birds.
Go to Amazon to buy the sunflower chips from Pennington in bulk.
