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.. 12631 Stone Village Way Midlothian, VA 23113 (804) 464-4242 Store Map & Hours Shop Online Your Local Backyard Bird Feeding Experts Menu Midlothian, VA Store Map & Hours Shop Online Home Nature Centered Podcast It’s FALL! Fall Feeding Fall Habitat Fall Fun Fall Migration BATS! Fun Facts! Must Read Book! Product Highlights Hummingbird Feeders Wren/Chickadee Nest Box Gift Cards Nature Happenings January February March Get Certified! Certified Wildlife Habitats From Buds to Birds Feed Responsibly Feeding Responsibly All Seasons Hobby Guide Advanced Pole System Advanced Pole System Two Minute Challenge Accessorize It Feeders WBU Eliminator Feeder WBU EcoTough Classic EcoClean Feeders EcoClean FAQs Specialty Foods Nesting Blend FieryFeast SunFire Chips Storing Bird Food Daily Savings Club Best of North Chesterfield Birding Links National Wildlife Federation Native Plant Finder Great Backyard Bird Count National Audubon Society Cornell Lab of Ornithology Employment Opportunities Download Application Connect with Us Email Us Facebook Pinterest Customer Reviews Help Birds by Offering High Fat Foods High fat foods may be considered unhealthy by most people, but they highly are sought out by backyard birds. Fat provides them with many important nutritional benefits: Foods high in fat are the most concentrated energy source that a bird can consume. Stored body fat is the primary energy supply that fuels a bird between meals, through cold winter nights and throughout migration. Birds actively use bird feeders during the winter, especially first thing in the morning and just before dusk. These are the times they stoke their internal heater with fat to get the day started or to replenish their fat reserves to endure another cold night. Songbirds may use up to ¾ of their fat reserves during one winter night! If sources of high-fat foods are available, they can entirely replenish those fat reserves during the next day. In some birds this can amount to a 10% fluctuation in their daily body weight. Bird feeders can be an important food source during winter. When severe weather impacts wild food supplies, birds will turn to feeders as a critical source of high fat foods. It is during these times that feeders play their most vital role. If a storm is of long duration or extreme impact, a feeding station with lots of high fat foods may mean the difference between life and death for these birds. When a bird exhausts all of its fat reserves, protein, scavenged mostly from muscles, is used to sustain its energy needs. It is important for birds to eat plenty of fat calories each day in order to maintain their strength and fitness. Our backyard suet feeders provide a direct source of high energy fat and many seeds (sunflower, safflower and nyjer) provide high levels of fat due to their substantial oil content. High fat foods also provide many of the dietary pigments birds need to impart color in their feathers. These pigment create feather colors that range from red, orange, and yellows to violet. The top recommended high fat foods for birds are: Recommended Blends: No Mess NM, No Mess Plus, TreeNutty Plus, Choice Plus Recommended Seeds: Peanuts, Nyjer, Sunflower Chips Recommended Other Foods: Suet (PB & J, Naturally Nuts, Nuts & Berries) Bark Butter, Bark Butter bits Sister Stores Directions to our Henrico Store learn more Hobby Guide View Our Hobby Guide learn more WBU Classic Feeder Birdfeeding Mastery learn more Home Shop Online Customer Reviews Daily Savings Club WBU Gift Cards Balance Check WBU Email Subscriptions Own a Franchise © 2024 Wild Birds Unlimited, Inc. All Rights Reserved. Accessibility Statement Privacy Statement Legal Notice Allergen...