Baked goods: Stale or dry bread, bread crusts, donuts, cakes, cookies, and crackers are all appealing to backyard birds. Break the products up into small pieces and soak very stale pieces in water before offering them to the birds. Uncooked pastry dough is also suitable.
What human food can you put in a bird feeder?
Black-oil sunflower seed: high in fat so it provides good energy; seeds are small and thin-shelled enough for small birds to crack open. White Proso Millet: high in protein content. Peanuts: offer in tube-shaped metal mesh feeders designed for peanuts; use a feeder with smaller openings for peanut hearts.
What can I feed birds if I don't have bird seed?
Other bird seed alternatives to offer to birds include fruit and vegetable seeds, dried fruits, peanut butter and/or jelly, apples, pears, nuts, and unbuttered popcorn.
What can you feed birds instead of bread?
Finish a bird-friendly, open-faced bread sandwich with fillings like:Birdseed, either a mix, black oil sunflower seed, or hulled sunflower seed.Mealworms, crickets, or other dried insects.Raisins, cranberries, or other small bits of dried fruit.Thin orange or apple slices.Is Bread Bad for Birds? Some Can Be Good! - The Spruce
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