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Old 06-11-2013, 05:19 PM
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I was having trouble with red winged blackbirds in my bird feeder and they would scare all the cardinals away so I took out the premium wild bird seed and I put in safflower seed and no more black birds...I have so many cardinal...lots of babies and everyday I can see some of the males starting to turn red on their heads and breast. I have seen I think 2 different male adults (as one I think is much larger then the other) but I mostly see females that are brown with little red beaks and the babies are all brown except for the males that are changing daily with a little more red. I love them and I have my binoculars right by my side.
Where are you buying the safflower seed? I saw some, but it was very expensive.