Features:

  • A favorite seed of Cardinals and other songbirds
  • Found in many gourmet mixes
  • Squirrels dislike this seed
  • Highest quality grains used
  • Made in the USA
No starlings!

My bird feeders were being overtaken by starlings and grackles. So, I wanted to find a seed that they wouldn't like, but that would still attract wild birds. This seed is perfect. The starlings and grackles don't eat it. But the cardinals, finches, and chickadees love it. It's even attracted a gorgeous rose-breasted grossbeak--the first one I've ever seen at my house. There is always a variety of gorgeous birds at my feeders now. I absolutely love this birdseed.

Central FL squirrels leave them alone

Bought these because I read that squirrels leave them alone which has proven to be true of the central Florida squirrels. I add them in with sunflower seeds in my Squirrel Buster feeders but also put them in feeding trays on the ground.

Same product I've purchased for more than a year; cheaper on Amazon

I used to buy this at the big box hardware store, so I know what I'm getting. So glad I found this on Amazon as it's cheaper and the quality is the same, judging by the birds' continued enthusiasm for it! I prefer safflower seed because the squirrels used to climb on the bird feeder attached to my window and pull it down, spilling sunflower seed all over the ground. They're not interested in safflower seed (it's now been over a year since I've been using this product), but the birds that used to come for the sunflower seeds still come for this seed (cardinals, house finches, Carolina chickadees, tufted titmice, mourning doves, nuthatches).

Sparrows won't eat this, song birds love it.

You can't beat the price on this seed, it's good quality seed it your trying to avoid sparrows from eating up all your seed and making mess everywhere. I had so many sparrows with any other seed. I'm happy to report sparrows don't like it. This attracts cardinals and finches. Some other song birds I'm not sure what they are, but the aren't sparrows...While more expensive than wild bird seed, this last longer because not every bird in the area is gobbling it down.

SQUIRRELS don't like it, but BIRDS do like it

We get this because squirrels don't like it but birds do like it. We put this Wagner's Safflower Seed in a tube bird feeder. We've had it in all summer and we seem to have ZERO number of squirrels trying to get at the feeder, ever since we starting using this safflower seed. Previously when we used another birdseed, the birdseed mixture that we got at the grocery store, we frequently had squirrels in the yard and trying to get at the feeder. We like squirrels and we think they're cute but they've chewed on and damaged our bird feeders, as well as plastic flower pots and plastic patio furniture. They also get on the roof of the house and chew the roof shingles. So we want the squirrels to go somewhere else. The BIRDS like this seed. Our bird visitors that like this seed are usually house finches, and sometimes chickadees and cardinals. We love watching them. It is convenient and affordable to purchase this safflower seed here on Amazon. We have used safflower birdseed before, but the closest store that sells it is 9 miles away, and we much prefer getting it from Amazon.

Cockatoo approved.

Great price and quality. My cockatoo loves safflower seeds. I wrap a small amount up in paper sort of like a piece of hard candy, and she holds it and chews the seeds one by one. She's eaten them every day for 7 years, but sometimes rejects them if they're too stale or dry or old. She loves these, and the price is great. Thank you. -------7-18-17--- The velcro closure isn't as air-tight as I'd like and little bugs got in. I'd suggest repackaging these in something air-tight if you buy them. Otherwise, no complaints.

Did the trick

We purchased these to get rid of the 'trash birds' and squirrels. I am pleased this did the trick. Evidently the song birds will be happy but the 'feeder hogs' are not! Our plan is to keep feeding the birds with this seed for a couple of weeks and then gradually mix our regular Wagners blend back into the mix. We have been using our regular feeders if you are wondering - tube, platform and hopper types. The seed is about 1/2 the size of an unshelled black oil sunflower seed and does not create the mess. Has been a winner all around. NOTE: we continue to offer suet cake as well for our woodpecker visitors. We don't dislike squirrels and the other birds, but they were chasing away the songbirds and something had to be done...

My preferred bird seed

In my yard safflower seed actually works much better than black oil sunflower to attract desirable birds. Why? Sunflower is adored by those pesky European house sparrows who mob the feeder when it is served, crowding out other birds. Grackles also love it (and also drive away smaller birds), as do squirrels, who can't get to the feeder but loiter constantly under it for any discards. Granted, the sparrows are not picky and do eat safflower, too. But they (and the grackles) do not like it as much as sunflower so they leave more room for other birds. The squirrels are uninterested, too, and I rarely see them under the feeder when I serve safflower instead of sunflower (chipmunks, on the other hand, do like it but they are much less obtrusive than squirrels). on the other hand, the desirable birds (cardinals, chickadees, nuthatches, finches, etc.) seem to like both types of seeds equally well, so in the end I see them a lot more when I serve safflower.

Great seed and DOES keep squirrels away.

The birds love this seed. I have a 50 lb bag coming from Home Depot for around 53 bucks. So if you use alot of bird seed you may want to look into getting bigger bags. I ordered this to tide me over till other order arrives. Now to figure out how to store 50 lbs, however the way the birds eat this it should be gone quickly. AND this does keep the squirrels at bay, I had two that were eating up all my sunflower seeds, now I use only safflower seeds and have not had any issues.

Great product!

The quality is compatible to what I have found at specialty shops for birds. After reading through reviews of this brand, as well as others, I wanted to just make note of a couple points that should help others. ( not so much having to do with this brand, as with safflower seed in general) First, mixing it in with other seed types, such as sunflower seeds or millet, is pointless, and defeats the purpose iif one's goals are to deter certain birds or animals from being attracted to the feeder. Secondly, although it's not the preferred seed, sparrows WILL eat it. Some squirrels MAY eat it. (Chipmunks love it! But who could begrudge a chipmunk, right?) GRACKLES won't eat it though. And that is why I buy it, and use it in the tray feeders from late March through August. Sometime in August each year, the grackles leave for the cornfields, and we don't see them in the yard again until the following spring. We live in Maryland, and there is an open field behind our yard, which is probably why we have more of a problem with grackles than someone who lives in a more "condensed" suburban neighborhood. Year round I keep one of those little globe type feeders for clinging birds, and it is hung inside a metal squirrel proof cage. This feeder has the black oil sunflower seeds in it. That way, the chickadees, titmouses, and other clinging small songbirds have safe access to their favorite seeds. Sparrows do eat from it some, but they can only do it one bird at a time, so they don't go through it like they will in a tray feeder, its kind of a pain refilling that little globe so frequently, but, it's worth it to me to have a dedicated feeder for the small songbirds. Back to the Wagner's brand... It's good, seems fresh, not a lot of debris in the bag. Hope this helps :)

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