We just feed outdoor birds; so it is not like having parakeets where there are special seeds just for them to eat. However, the kind of seeds that we get are for songbirds , since that is what we seem to have a lot of, and also the kind that we hope to attract.
I love watching the beautiful cardinals, but I am not sure if they sing or not. The Carolina Wrens have a lot of different songs that they sing, and I like how they repeat things over and over.
I have discovered that it is almost impossible to keep the squirrels out of the bird feeders, and they not only eat the bird seed; but they spill it all over the ground as they are trying to get it out of the feeder.
While you cannot exactly call the squirrels our pets, they seem to think that they are. We got some squirrel food, and Bobby made a special feeder for them , so they can sit up there on the feeder and enjoy their treat, too.
I think that maybe it does help encourage them to eat their food and leave the bird feeders alone, and they are getting really brave at staying right there even when we walk outside and watch them.
Next time, I am going to get the large bag of songbird seed from Sam's Club. It is not a lot more for the big bag of birdseed there than it is for a couple of the little bags at the grocery store.
