I have stopped offering food for the birds because I notice the goldfinches wouldn't touch the seedheads left for them, so I figure if they don't want to eat the healthy coneflowers and blazing stars, they don't need commercial offerings. And it worked, I see the same birds come into my yard as before and it's more fun because they are pecking through the weeds and really every surface has had a bird on it, quite hilarious to be doing the dishes and see a Carolina wren pop its head around the brick and climb up the house!
I have stopped offering food for the birds because I notice the goldfinches wouldn't touch the seedheads left for them, so I figure if they don't want to eat the healthy coneflowers and blazing stars, they don't need commercial offerings. And it worked, I see the same birds come into my yard as before and it's more fun because they are pecking through the weeds and really every surface has had a bird on it, quite hilarious to be doing the dishes and see a Carolina wren pop its head around the brick and climb up the house!