Doug Greenberg
Well-known member
I've followed the thread relating to seed waste, and I agree that sunflower chips is a good solution, although my goodness, they ARE expensive!
I enjoy feeding niger seed to the goldfinches, but they are incredibly sloppy and wasteful. I use a tube with mesh-type feeder and also a net "sock" feeder, and in both cases, the birds spill and drop as much as they consume. My deck is always a mess and especially in wet weather, the seed is wasted because I have to clean it up and toss it (it gets mixed with bird excrement, so I don't think it's safe to "reload" the feeders).
Does anyone have any solutions to this particular problem? I can sweep the stuff down onto our lawn below, but it just makes a different kind of mess down there. . .
I enjoy feeding niger seed to the goldfinches, but they are incredibly sloppy and wasteful. I use a tube with mesh-type feeder and also a net "sock" feeder, and in both cases, the birds spill and drop as much as they consume. My deck is always a mess and especially in wet weather, the seed is wasted because I have to clean it up and toss it (it gets mixed with bird excrement, so I don't think it's safe to "reload" the feeders).
Does anyone have any solutions to this particular problem? I can sweep the stuff down onto our lawn below, but it just makes a different kind of mess down there. . .