How to Identify Quality Bird Seed

There are many choices when buying bird seed for your feeders. How can you identify what is quality bird seed verses waste-filled bags of low value bird seed?

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Mark McKellar is a wildlife biologist with over 40 years of bird study experience. He has a degree in Fish and Wildlife Sciences from North Carolina State University and has worked for the Department of the Army, the Wildlife Departments of North Carolina and Missouri. He ran nature centers for many years in Missouri and Pennsylvania before buying the Backyard Bird Center in the Northland area of Kansas City. Mark has led hundreds of bird hikes both locally and abroad. He has taught classes about birds and other wildlife to groups of all ages and brings that knowledge to the customers of his retail business every day. More information about Mark at https://backyardbirdcenter.com/about-...
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CHAPTERS
00:00 Introduction
01:00 Quality vs "junk" Bird Seed
03:21 Quality Seeds to look for
04:01 What the numbers mean
04:50 Seeds vs grain nutritional values
06:44 Safflower label
07:22 Peanut Pickouts label
07:51 Poor quality seed labels
10:02 Ground Throw a good compromise
10:47 Summary of the numbers