Pennington Safflower Bird Seed, 6.8 kg Bag with Bird Kote Vitamins & Minerals

Pennington Select Safflower Seed is a 15 lb bag of year-round wild bird food, formulated with Bird Kote added vitamins and minerals to attract birds while attracting fewer squirrels and blackbirds.

• Safflower seed has a bitter taste to squirrels — while remaining appealing to birds.
• Bird Kote adds vitamins and minerals — for a balanced diet.
• Made for year-round feeding — use it throughout the seasons.
• Suitable for a variety of backyard feeders — choose a feeder that accommodates safflower seed.
• Designed to attract fewer squirrels and blackbirds — while drawing a range of wild birds.

For backyard bird feeding, choosing a seed that suits the birds you want to see—and works across the year—can make a difference to your routine. Pennington Select Safflower Seed offers safflower as a dedicated wild bird food, with added nutrients and a bitter taste that may help make it less appealing to squirrels.

What birds is Pennington Select Safflower Seed designed to attract?

It is intended to attract a variety of wild birds, including cardinals and tufted titmice. The seed is also identified for use by nuthatches, evening grosbeaks, chickadees, buntings, and red-winged blackbirds.

The product is formulated to attract different kinds of birds while attracting fewer squirrels and blackbirds. Red-winged blackbirds are included among the birds it may attract, so the fewer-blackbirds claim does not mean the seed is intended to exclude every blackbird.

• Named birds include cardinals, tufted titmice, nuthatches, and evening grosbeaks.
• Chickadees, buntings, and red-winged blackbirds are also included.

How does the safflower seed help with squirrel interest?

Safflower seed is bitter-tasting to squirrels, while birds are drawn to it. This taste is the stated reason the food is designed to attract fewer squirrels; it is not a claim that squirrels will never visit a feeder.

Pennington adds Bird Kote technology, which enriches the seed with vitamins and minerals. The added nutrients are intended to support a balanced diet and bird health.

• The food is safflower seed with added vitamins and minerals.
• Bird Kote is the named enrichment technology.

Can I use it in backyard feeders throughout the year?

Yes. Pennington Select Safflower Seed is made for year-round bird feeding and is suitable for a variety of backyard feeders.

Use it as a year-round option for backyard bird watching, whether your aim is to attract the named bird varieties or to offer safflower seed in a feeder. The 15 lb bag provides the product quantity for your feeding routine.

• Intended for use in a range of backyard feeder types.
• Packaged as a 15 lb bag of safflower wild bird food.

Pennington Select Safflower Seed is suited to backyard bird watchers seeking a year-round safflower food with added vitamins and minerals, particularly those who want to attract a range of birds while drawing fewer squirrels. It is a wild bird food for feeder use, with no claim that it prevents every squirrel or blackbird visit.

Ingredients

Safflower