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Dear Friends of Nature: Why are the songbirds eating our seed so fast?
When birds sense the change of seasons from Summer to Fall to Winter their body clocks tell them to start storing high-protein food to help them survive the colder winter months. Songbirds like Chickadees, Nuthatches, Blue Jays and Titmice, the black oil seed lovers, grab heavier seeds (because they have a higher oil content) from your feeders to hide them in knotholes, under tree bark, under shingles, in crevices under branches, and at our house, above the closed windows near the feeders. Amazingly they remember where each seed is cached and rely on them all winter. Look for activity like this during the middle of the day as they store their seed from 45’ up to 2.5 miles from your feeders.
By providing an easily accessible food source, you are helping to Save the Songbirds as they follow their body clocks and begin to cache their seed for Winter meals.
We’ll help you find the solution for your feeding station. The best way is to provide a high protein diet that includes Suet, Peanuts, Black Oil Sunflower Seeds in our Seed Blends and Cylinders. And, of course All Bark Butter Products and Nyjer.
Help All Birds Survive Winter With a High-Protein Diet
Happy birding, everyone!
Jan and Bob Ross
from all of us at Wild Birds Unlimited
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Trade in any old feeder Get 20% OFF a new one!
We’ll take your broken down feeders, repair the repairable onesand donate them to a local nursing home, park or school!
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Extended thru October 18th
High Protein Foods
10% OFF in October
Seed Cylinders: Two Sizes Available
Cylinders last longer with less mess!! Use a Cylinder Feeder to protect your bird food from inclement weather.
Suet: Plain and Hot Pepper
Hot-Pepper Suet Dough to discourage squirrels.
Jim’s Birdacious Bark Butter
Jim’s Bark Butter has been known to attract over 140 species of birds. Spread it on a BB feeder or any tree and sit back. They’ll come! Bark Butter Bits allow you to easily offer Bark Butter in a tray, in specialty or hopper feeders. Offer alone or mix with your favorite WBU bird seed blend. All birds love them.
Peanuts - In the Shell -- or Not!
Have you ever watched a Blue Jay grab a peanut shell, shake it, and toss it away, only to grab another and try again? Jays are picky that way. Offer them in the shell or out of the shell and you’ll enjoy some great bird antics.
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October 2025 Specials*
Annual Feeder Swap Extended
Trade in any old feeder, Get 20% Off a new one!
*Now through October 18th
Fresh Bird Food Sale
All of it - 10% Off*
DSC Members receive 20% off
All Hopper Feeders 20% Off*
*while supplies last.
Advanced Pole System 10% Off*
Fall Bird Bath Sale*
Glass Bird Baths 50% Off
Fountains 25% Off
Ceramic Bird Baths 20% Off
Aggregate Bird Baths 10% Off
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20" Heated Bird Baths $99
50% Off Outdoor Garden Art*
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Some exclusions apply.
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