{"id":1435,"date":"2021-07-04T10:00:00","date_gmt":"2021-07-04T14:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/urbannaturestore.blog\/?p=1435"},"modified":"2021-07-04T10:00:00","modified_gmt":"2021-07-04T14:00:00","slug":"sunflower-hearts-1-on-the-menu","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/test.mppdev.net\/index.php\/2021\/07\/04\/sunflower-hearts-1-on-the-menu\/","title":{"rendered":"Sunflower Hearts, #1 on the Menu"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><em>Couers deTournesol, Sonnenblumenherzen, Cuori di girasole, <\/em>no matter how you say it, Sunflower Hearts are the favourite seed of birds flocking to the feeders.\u00a0 Cardinals, finches, woodpeckers, bluejays, grosbeaks, doves, nuthatches, chickadees, \u2026 and the list goes on, all enjoy this seed.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>During breeding season you may even see some birds that don\u2019t usually visit feeders dining on sunflower hearts.\u00a0 This is the first year that I\u2019ve seen robins making a daily trek to our deck to clean up any seeds knocked out of the feeders by other birds, mainly the doves.\u00a0 I sometimes think they\u2019ve made a deal with each other.\u00a0 Occasionally they will venture up to the feeder, but mostly stay on the ground.\u00a0 The sleek catbird is another one making its way to the feeder at this time of year.\u00a0 Adult birds will take sunflower hearts to the birdbath to soak and soften the seeds to feed to their young.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.urbannaturestore.ca\/products\/sunflower-hearts-no-mess-no-waste-birdseed\">Sunflower Hearts<\/a> can be used in a variety of feeders &#8211; tube, hopper, fly-through, platform and ground feeders, almost any feeder you have will accommodate this seed.\u00a0 Crushed sunflower hearts are also available for nyjer feeders.\u00a0 The most attractive feature of sunflower hearts is the \u2018no mess\u2019 factor.\u00a0 No shells to clean up with this seed, leaving the ground under the feeders maintenance free.\u00a0 If any small pieces do fall, they will be cleaned up by ground feeding birds.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.urbannaturestore.ca\/products\/sunflower-hearts-no-mess-no-waste-birdseed\">Sunflower hearts<\/a> are beneficial to birds all year round as they contain a high oil and calorie content. This gives birds energy and helps them stay healthy throughout all four seasons.\u00a0 Some people question whether they should feed birds in the summer months.\u00a0 This is a personal preference, but by offering seed at this time of year you\u2019re giving extra food to mother birds who are busy raising their young. You also get the chance to see birds in their bright spring and summer plumage.\u00a0 Birds won\u2019t consume as much seed in the summer as natural food sources are more plentiful.\u00a0 Studies have shown that 25 percent or less of their diet consists of seed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If you haven\u2019t experienced the joy of no mess feeding, I highly recommend it!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Happy Summer Birding!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Jane Paradis<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Couers deTournesol, Sonnenblumenherzen, Cuori di girasole, no matter how you say it, Sunflower Hearts are the favourite seed of birds flocking to the feeders.\u00a0 Cardinals, finches, woodpeckers, bluejays, grosbeaks, doves, nuthatches, chickadees, \u2026 and the list goes on, all enjoy this seed.\u00a0 During breeding season you may even see some birds that don\u2019t usually visit [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1438,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[26,61,86,30,17],"class_list":["post-1435","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uns-birding-blog","tag-birdseeds","tag-canadawildbirding","tag-sunflowerhearts","tag-unsblogs","tag-urbannaturestore"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/test.mppdev.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1435","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/test.mppdev.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/test.mppdev.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.mppdev.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.mppdev.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1435"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/test.mppdev.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1435\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.mppdev.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1438"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/test.mppdev.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1435"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.mppdev.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1435"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.mppdev.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1435"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}