Nyjer Seed

Nyjer Seed (aka niger seed or thistle seed) is a teeny-tiny, high-oil content seed (~40%) mostly favored by finches and siskins. In order to eliminate waste, there are special thistle feeders with very tiny holes as feeding ports.

Nyjer bird seed is an oilseed crop Nyger Seedfrom the yellow flowering plant, Guizotia abyssinica (pictured), that is cultivated in Ethiopia, India, Myanmar and Nepal.

This "thistle" is sometimes confused with the North American noxious pink/purple-flowered weed. No worries! This is an entirely different niger flower aka nyger and thistle seedplant and is heat treated as an import condition so that it can't sprout.

"Nyjer" is is a trademark of the Wild Bird Feeding Institute. A name change to eliminate product
confusion and the offensive mispronunciation
of the word niger.

Types of birds attracted to Niger Bird Seed:

dove, goldfinch, house finch, house sparrow, dark-eyed junco, mourning dove, pigeon, pine siskin, purple finch, song sparrow, white-throated sparrow

Did You Know...

That Nyjer Thistle Seed is the only imported seed in the bird feeding world. Sure it costs a bit more, but if you are looking for a "finch frenzy" at your feeder, buy some Pure Nyjer Seed Free Shipping today.

Note: We use eBirdseed.com  for our wild bird food source because they have free, fast shipping, a large, high-quality selection of seed and have superb customer service (when I had a question one of the owners, Gordon, responded to my email in minutes).

 

In addition, eBirdseed.com works directly with farmers, grower co-ops and seed processors to deliver the freshest and most nutritious bird seed. This isn't the cheap seed at your local discount store that been sitting in a warehouse, has lost most of its nutritional value and is full of "filler" seed that birds don't like.

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