Peanuts and Peanut Bird Feeder Peanuts are high in protein, oil, and fat, which
makes them a perfect addition to the foods you offer the birds in your backyard.
You
can offer whole peanuts in the shell, but be sure to use unsalted, not
the ones you get from the grocery stores that are salted. Because of their size,
typically only larger birds such as crows and jays will be able to open
unshelled peanuts.
Smaller birds will appreciate raw,
shelled peanuts offered at bird seed stores. Or if you can find them, unsalted,
roasted peanuts in the grocery store.
You
can also use unsalted shelled peanuts and put them in a peanut bird feeder for clinging birds or in
any feeder that will dispense the larger peanut pieces: large mesh bags, hopper
feeders, and platform feeders.
During summer and in
warmer, wetter climates, only put out enough peanuts in your feeder
that the birds will eat daily. Peanuts tend to get moldy and go rancid quickly
under warm, wet conditions.
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