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I occasionally buy groceries on line for home delivery. Recently I had a packet of cornflakes much bigger than I had intended and decided to use some for bird food. The birds won't even look at it. I put out a few cut up crusts with it on a bird table. The crusts all disappeared but not the cornflakes. I would have thought birds would relish cornflakes but they don't want to know. Can anyone suggest why?
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For more on marking an answer as the "Best Answer", please visit our FAQ.i used to buy a mixed seed to feed the birds, which contained flakes similar to cornflakes, and they were always the last to get eaten. i now only buy sunflower hearts for them which get eaten almost as soon as i fill the feeders.
at this time of year there's plenty of natural food around for the birds - berries, apples, etc. - but during the depths of winter they will eventually eat cornflakes when there's nothing else.
at this time of year there's plenty of natural food around for the birds - berries, apples, etc. - but during the depths of winter they will eventually eat cornflakes when there's nothing else.
Coldicote - some days aren't you glad you asked? I have no idea why the birds don't like the raw cornflakes but I have on occasion put out homemade flapjacks with the cornflakes as an ingredient - no doubt the fat and coconut etc makes it more palatable for the birds (FLAPjacks - no intended pun sorry)
here you go, advice from the experts:
http://www.rspb.org.u...g/whatfood/index.aspx
http://www.rspb.org.u...g/whatfood/index.aspx