Mealworms are the larvae of the beetle Tenebrio molitor. Birds such as chickadees, bluebirds, wrens and woodpeckers will eat mealworms, if they are placed in a feeder accessible to the birds. Because mealworms can crawl, it is best to place them in a feeder where they cannot crawl out.
Mealworms can be kept for weeks at 40 – 50° F. For longer storage they should be placed in bran flakes, wheat bran or corn meal in a container having air holes. A potato or apple slice should be kept in the container for the worms to use as a moisture source.
Bag dimensions: 11½” x 8″ x 4″
Jim’s Birdacious® Bark Butter® Bits are bite-sized nuggets made of rendered beef suet, soy oil, roasted peanuts, corn, oats and calcium carbonate. Bark Butter Bits allow you to easily offer Bark Butter in tray, seed tube and hopper feeders. Just add them to your feeder to attract a variety of birds, including many that do not normally visit feeders.
Jim Carpenter is the founder and CEO of Wild Birds Unlimited and the creator of Jim’s Birdacious Bark Butter products.
Hulled Sunflower is birds’ favorite food but without the mess of shell debris.
Get more birds for your bucks by offering sunflower seeds without their shells. No shells means no mess under your feeder. Hulled sunflower seeds have a high oil content and provide birds with an extra kick of energy. It’s an ideal seed to offer in feeders near patios, sidewalks or balconies. Offering hulled sunflower is also cost efficient, because you’re not paying for the shells that are not consumed.
Dimensions: 16″ x 18¼” x 11½”
Perfect for offering Jim’s Birdacious® Treats, our Spiral TreatTray features three easy-to-fill cups and provides unobstructed views of visiting birds. Offering different Treats allows you to discover the diverse food preferences of your backyard birds. The Spiral TreatTray is easy to hang, and it accommodates clinging birds (such as woodpeckers) and perching birds (such as chickadees).
(Bird food not included.)
Dimensions: 8¾” x 9″ x 9″
Tray Feeders allow birds to easily locate seed. Try placing the versatile EcoTough® Tray Feeder in your favorite viewing area and attract a diverse group of birds by offering different types of bird seed, peanuts, suet snacks or fruit.
EcoTough feeders and houses are environmentally friendly, high quality products that are made from recycled plastic, keeping used plastics from making their way into our landfills.
(Bird food and crook arm not included.)
House Opening: 1 ½” and 1 9/16” diameter entrance holes
Our top-of-the-line bluebird house includes all of the key elements needed for a successful nesting experience for both tenant and landlord. It’s the ideal size for bluebirds, and it includes the proper drainage and ventilation to keep babies dry. Our unique two-way opening system makes cleaning, maintenance and monitoring a snap.
EcoTough® feeders and houses are environmentally friendly, high quality products that are made from recycled plastic. These feeders and houses prevent used plastics from making their way into our landfills. EcoTough feeders and houses won’t rot, crack, fade or warp like wood can.
Our exclusive, patented Advanced Pole System® (APS) Basic Setup is the perfect beginning to your ultimate bird feeding, housing and/or watering station designed to meet your own individual needs.
Just twist the 3-foot base pole into the ground using the convenient corkscrew auger. Next slide the Stabilizer onto the base pole and push into the ground (Tests show the stabilizer holds the pole straight in up to 35 MPH wind gusts). Add the extension pole and dual flange (specially-designed to mount birdfeeders or houses), and then top it with a bird house or with a hopper feeder.
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Also, be sure to shop through our other bird feeding supplies to complement all your bird feeding needs.
(Bird feeder or house not included.)
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The Western Bluebird is a partial migrant in most of its range changing its altitude rather than latitude during breeding season. The Northwestern and British Columbia populations are more migratory.
The Eastern Bluebird is more migratory in its northern range and a non-migratory, year-round resident in its southern range.
The Mountain Bluebird is the most migratory of the bluebirds but is non-migratory in a small part of its range in parts of the West and Southwest.
Mealworms, Bark Butter®, Bark Butter Bits, suet, peanut pieces, sunflower chips, raisins, currants, grapes
Nests in existing cavities. Will use a nest box. Download PDF
Male and female are very similar with the female being paler. Plumage is duller in winter. Juveniles are paler with more spotting.
Maps provided by Birds of North America Online.
Maintained by the Cornell Lab of Ornithology.
