Wagner's 62042 Songbird Supreme Blend Wild Bird Food, 8-Pound Bag

Wagner’s Supreme attracts such a variety and f birds to my yard! It’s my “go-to” brand because there is very little waste due to the high quality ingredients.

Neighborhood birds love this; unfortunately, so do the neighborhood squirrels.

Love this bird seed. I have one of those bird houses that is clear and suctions to the window. It's on my back deck and this blend brings more birds to my house all day long. The cats love the distraction through the window, and my kids have learned a lot about all the different birds that visit us. Best purchase ever. I have tried several Wagner's blends and they are all amazing. No filler, fresh every time, and the different birds eating different things keeps it disappearing evenly. Note: Like many people, I rely heavily on Amazon reviews before making almost any purchase, online or in brick-and-mortar stores. I am always honest with my reviews. If I love something, I shout it from the rooftops. And if I hate it, I have no problem telling you that too. If you found this review helpful, please click the button below :-)

I purchased this birdseed to hang outside a window to entertain my cat, wife, and myself during quarantine. Overall I am very pleased with this blend. It is pricey, but I wanted to start out with the "best" blend for attracting those Celebrity birds that I remember watching with my grandfather. I will first give a rundown of the birds we were seeing prior to getting the feeder, then what "new" birds we saw during the 35 day period it took them to crush the whole 8 pound bag. For reference we live in central Kentucky. Before hanging the feeder, our yard had a pair of Mourning Doves, some Robins, and a family of Carolina Chickadees. We would occasionally see a Blue Jay, Cardinal, or Common Grackle. Not great, not terrible. Lets see what the Songbird Supreme can do... It took a couple days for word of the new menu to get around the neighborhood, but the Northern Cardinals found it first. Within days there were three distinct individuals frequenting the feeder. Then the Chickadees found and enjoyed it as well. Over the next few weeks we saw House Sparrows, Song Sparrows, a few House Finches, Tufted Titmice, Downy Woodpeckers, and even a Mockingbird. Those are some quality birds. On the negative side, we sometimes get the Common Grackles and Brown Headed Cowbirds which are kind of jerks. But they don't seem to like it all that much compared to the songbirds. I did not see any wrens, warblers, or goldfinches, but I believe you need a thistle feeder to attract those. One downside is that the birds make an absolute mess of it. My feeder is hung over a bed of decorative gravel, and after going through a whole bag there are a ton of little weeds growing in it. If you care about weeds in the lawn i would not hang this over grass. The mess will also attract chipmunks below the feeder. They just sit there all day and gorge themselves. I took a star off for value, just because it is so expensive. When I bought it was $17 a bag, and they took a little over a month to finish it off. If the consumption rate remained the same year round that would be roughly $200 a year. As of this writing the bag is listed at $12 which is much more reasonable so I would try to get it on sale if you can. I took another star off for the packaging... it isn't terrible but they have a "velcro" type closure which actually caused me to spill a ton of it all over my driveway the first time I tried to seal it. Its just a little difficult to confirm that it is fully closed which is important if you don't want mice to get into it while in storage. I think a regular plastic zipper closure would have been better. In closing, I definitely recommend this blend if you don't mind the price. My wife started out indifferent to the different types of birds but after a month of spotting them she absolutely loves it. Her favorite is the Tufted Titmouse because he looks like he's wearing a little businessman suit. I was planning on switching to a cheaper blend after the first bag but now she won't let me buy anything else. For me, watching the birds is a fun way to break up the monotony of quarantine and to bring back some fond memories of birdwatching with my grandfather.

The birds in Southern California really go for this mix, maybe even more than I wish because even if I fill the bird feeder entirely, it's gone in one day and it's like a wild bird farm in my back yard. My only complaint is that the larger birds will push out the smaller seeds to go after the larger seeds like sunflower seeds. One of the questions asked is whether or not spilt seed will grow with the answer being "no" but that isn't correct. I have a large empty pot sitting under but to the side of the bird feeder and seeds that get knocked into it have already started to grow (see photo). So if you have clean lawn of grass only, this seed can change that. But if you're like me, then this is a bonus.

I bought this mix to feed my winter songbirds and also to keep the jays away from my feeder. These birds flock the feeder and there seems to be a good variety of birds feeding on it--cardinals, sparrows, chicadees, nuthatches--even downy woodpeckers! The bag size fits into a stainless bucket in my garage protecting from mice and I fill feeder every other day or as needed in colder snaps. What falls from the feeder makes my squirrels happy too.

We live in California and we have multiple feeders in the backyard. All the birds we attract over the years love this feed. We get blue jays, nuthatch, doves, titmouse, sparrows, juncos, woodpeckers, spotted towee, California towee and more. Right now the juncos are here most due to the season and they very much enjoy this feed.

I bought the more expensive stuff before and they like this stuff just as much and I get much more for the money so great value