Provide Peanuts to Energize Your Birds
Shell or no shell, birds love peanuts! Loaded with protein and energy, peanuts are especially helpful as birds prepare for the upcoming winter with shorter days, longer nights, and cooler weather.
In the fall chickadees, nuthatches, titmice and jays begin hiding food to retrieve and eat later in the season. This behavior is called “caching.” Caching helps birds survive during bad weather and when food sources are low. These birds can store hundreds of seeds a day. Each seed is placed in a different location and they generally remember where each one is, even months later.
Add peanuts to your feeding stations and help your birds power through this season. You'll also have fun watching for birds visiting your feeders to snatch peanuts to cache for future use.