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plantladylin said: I must admit that I sometimes spend too much on food for the birds. I buy regular seed, dehydrated mealworms and suet; and then I end up thinking that I need to give them more variety so I sometimes add raisins, peanuts and dried berries ... along with sharing my trail mix. We have trees and shrubs in the yard that produce food for them too so they definitely are well fed! My husband says the birds know where to go for breakfast, lunch, dinner and snacks!

My husband has said many times that the birds eat better than he does!

Since the airline that he used to fly for closed down at the end of Sept. (and he's not working), I have to feed the birds cheaper than I used to do. I rely on squirrel proof feeders, red pepper suet dough and am able to feed the birds peanuts from the shell that I get a the local wild birds unlimited store.

I still scatter bird seed on the ground daily (for the ground feeding birds, wild rabbits and the sometimes wild turkey hen. Of course, the squirrels are there to get 'their share'.