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(More customer reviews)Whether you're a beginner at bird feeding, or a seasoned veteran with many years of back yard experience behind you, the one thing you will all come to have in common is the knowledge that black oil sunflower is the very best and sought after seed for all birds. Its something you will learn in bird feeding 101 on the first day. Though its true that some birds will scoop up cheaper seeds like milo and millet like a vacuum, if you want to attract both the most and largest variety of birds you should be offering them black oil sunflower. It will quite simply attract any order of bird that comes to feeders, period. Its shell is more paper like making it easy for any bird to crack open, and the pulp inside that is the birds delight is big enough to take up almost the whole interior of the shell. Making it well worth the birds efforts in eating and discarding one after another. Black oil is available anywhere bird seed is offered, and considering hardly any of it ever goes to waste makes it actually the true bargain of all bird seed. However take it from someone that has between 7 and 12 bird feeders of all types going at any given time of year, and has been for years, when it comes to premium gourmet black oil seed I honestly believe there is no such thing. Birds may adore black oil sunflower, but they are also one of the least discerning consumers when it comes to their diet of anything in the entire animal kingdom. In other words, a feeder bird will suck down a cheap sunflower seed as fast and as furious as a so called premium one. I know this for I bought a small bag of premium seed once and examined it, as well as closely monitored the birds consumption of it. Neither the seed shell nor the pulp appeared of any better quality, nor was the seed consumed any faster than the much cheaper brand. Its all the same to birds, ya gotta trust me on this one. The only visible attribute I noticed in the so called premium seed was that it was a little cleaner. That is, there were less wood shavings and small twigs in their blend than the cheaper stuff. Something that is not at all present in any volume to either pose a problem, nor be considered an extra expense in the regular brands. The outrageous price they ask for premium sunflower more than makes up for the weight of any crap added to the cheaper blends. There are many different kinds of brands and names being represented in the gourmet black oil sunflower seed class. Stokes being just one of the better known. Some agricultural centers here sell their premium sunflower by weight without you even knowing where it comes from. You are only told its the very best quality and cleanest you can buy for your birds. And of course, by far the most expensive as well. All of them, including the Stokes brand offered here are nothing but a big fat waste of your hard earned dollars. For the price they want for what you get in the Stokes you could easily buy 50 pounds or more at discount and agricultural centers locally. Throw in the shipping cost, and you would be hard pressed to find a bigger waste of money for anything anywhere on Amazon. Don't be taken in by Stokes or any other big brand name. Its all the same to Mr. and Mrs. Bird. Do yourself two favors, buy black oil sunflower seeds for your back yard feeders, and buy the very biggest and cheapest bag you can find. (If there is a Tractor Supply company store in your area, go there. I have not found any place cheaper. Avoid supermarkets and big box stores for any kind of bird food). You're birds will flock to your feeders and love you for it, and you will be rewarded by the delight of watching them and a fatter wallet as well...
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