Backyard Seeds Safflower Bird Seed for Cardinals (10 Pounds)

I usually use black oil sunflower seed in my feeders and although the birds like it, so do the squirrels. I got this seed and started mixing this in my sunflower seeds and lo and behold, I've started seeing new birds species as well as a decrease in squirrel pilfering...

Safflower seed is the only seed I give to birds. It is great for the smaller ones and squirrels are not interested in it.

I've fed safflower seed for years. It's more expensive, but the "bully" birds don't like it. I used to buy it at a big name tractor supply company. Most of the time it was good quality, but too many times, the quality was wretched - old, smelled bad, looked bad.This is now the third time I've purchased the 50 lb bag through Amazon. Quality has been excellent every time and birds love it: cardinals, grosbeaks, checkadees, titmice, doves, finches, and sparrows. Seed has been consistently fresh. As long as the price stays competitive, I'll continue purchasing through Amazon.

Squirrels won't bother with it, & neither will the bigger bully birds like grakels & jays.Useful in a separate feeder for the birds that get pushed around.Also LASTS 10x longer than reg seed as shell is only 1% of seed & no waste!

The safflower seed is of high quality with very little processing debris mixed in. The seed is a uniform "off white" color with very few yellow or dark seeds. This indicates to me that the seed was stored in the storage bins properly before being bagged for retail sale. The shipping bag was made of woven polypropylene and is very strong with no chance of ripping or tearing during shipment. Also, the shipping container was high strength fiberboard and was not damaged during shipment. I am pleased with this safflower seed supplier.

Intended birds do like it. The grackles and starlings, thankfully, do not… But, what happened to the paper bag with stitched tear-away opening? On this order, I received a plastic bag that continues to tear away in “Easter”-grass composition. It is a messy nuisance that can find it’s way into the seed mix or all over the floor as you open and close it and it tears away in strands.

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Safflower seeds are not much liked by grackles, and starlings and sparrows can't eat them at all, so if those birds are a problem at your feeder, this product will keep them away. Grackles will eat them, but it takes them a while to crack the shells, so they can't pig out and empty the feeder like they do with other seeds. (Pigeons and doves just swallow the seeds whole, so you'll still have those guys waddling around on the ground.)Downside is that other birds (goldfinch, chickadee, titmouse, nuthatch) will also be discouraged from showing up. Chipmunks still need to be kept at bay - they will cart off an amazing amount of seeds if they get the chance.I usually feed sunflower kernels, until the grackles get to be a problem (one becomes two, then four, then a dozen...), then I switch to safflower until they give up and go elsewhere. That takes about a week, then I switch back to sunflower. Rinse and repeat.