Brown's Bird Lover's Blend Wildlife Buffet Nature's Harvest Wild Bird Food, 7-lb bag

Our bird feeder has a baffle and is placed in a spot in the backyard where squirrels and chipmunks can't get to the feeders (they don't even try anymore). Since birds are messy eaters, quite a bit falls to the ground and provides the squirrels (and even rabbits) with a nice snack. And occasionally, I will treat them myself. I basically bought the food with them in mind, as well as for a couple of bunnies who are eating SOMETHING (not sure what)from the birdseed spills. I bought the food with these fluffies in mind, but actually was hoping that I would provide some food that had corn and seed that would appeal to the grackles and starlings that took over the yard in late spring. I even bought a ground feeder that I could place away from the main feeding station. Well, that didn't work. It's not that the food was not to the liking of furred and feathered friends, it was that the chipmunks (and we have a LOT of them)move in so quickly that they can empty the entire feeder within a few minutes. It's kind of funny to see them stuff their cheek pouches so full it looks like they were trying to eat a chicken egg whole. They move in so fast, even the squirrels didn't have a chance. Finally, I ended up hanging up the feeder anyway, and not only all the blackbirds come, but so did my sweet doves, cardinals, and a few jays (especially if there were peanuts). The other feeders were filled with seeds that other birds like, but are the black birds last choice, The chipmunks still grab the fallout faster than anyone else, but my main objective was to offer the bully birds other foods that they might like more, so they leave the other food for the rest of the birds and do not chase them away entirely to hog the feeders. This food does make a good treat for the birds and animals that visit our backyard. I would also like to mention that the food is very popular even though it is now summer with a lot of easy-to-find natural food sources and neighbor's ripening gardens. Depending on the price (since prices for feed seem to fluctuate a lot), I would like to buy a bigger quantity when winter comes around. I also should mention that I live in a state that is known for growing things like corn, wheat, alfalfa, etc. , so the critters here are used to eating them, and Wildlife Buffet just makes it all the more convenient. If you live in an area, where such foods are scarce or non-existent, some of your creatures, especially birds that seem particularly picky, may not even recognize the ingredients as food. That might explain the big disparity in the reviews where people have great success with the blend (like me), or it isn't touched at all.