"enigma" wrote in message
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the cheaper stuff is mostly millet. if what you want to
attract is sparrows & pigeons, get the cheap stuff. if you
want cardinals, grosbeaks, juncos, nuthatches, etc, get the
more expensive blends with no millet. look at the types of
seed the birds you want to attract prefer, & buy that.
lee

I can get thistle and oil sunflower seeds for a whole lot less then $2 per
pound, which is how much the seed mix the original poster was asking about.
That's well above the rip off price rate.

http://froogle.google.com/froogle?q=...+Oil+Sunflower

http://froogle.google.com/froogle?q=Kaytee+thistle

Perhaps you would like to produce a convincing argument as to why $2 per
pound is a good buy, especially if it's going to have a consumption rate of
2-3 lbs per day.

My feeder gets a mix of finches, cardinals and chickadees using a mix that
about 50% millet.

-S