We broke ground in May and spent the past summer building our house in the middle of a 15 acre wooded lot. Here are birds who have never seen a birdfeeder. We've been living in the house since the end of Sept., and I waited for the first freeze and snow (about a month ago) to put out the bird feeder (so as not to attract the bears!). I also regularly sprinkle the ground below the feeder to attract and educate the birds that there is food here. So far, 2 squirrels have learned that there's easy dinner here on the ground- but no on has discovered the feeder! I use best wild bird mix together with black oil sunflower seeds. Any further suggestions, or do I just keep feeding the squirrels and hope the birds figure it out eventually?


...we do get wild turkeys occasionally, but not near the feeder.