We put out two cups of mixed seeds from the farm supply store, nothing special. I have a feeling we need to change that, but price is an issue, at the moment. This area has changed with birds I remember as a kid either just not here any more or fewer. Seems silly, but I miss the magpies of my youth.:-) We lot and lots of ravens, but they don't come down for any feeding, thank goodness. I don't want to provide them with a ready smorgasbord of smaller birds.

All we get with what we put out are fat, cooing mourning doves, sparrows, and a few finches. No squirrels and the neighbour cats stay out of the yard because of our dog, so the seed gets spread on a round, plastic picnic table in front of the LR picture window. We call it our "Cat Tv" as our inside only cats enjoy watching early morning feeding time.:-)