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Members of the public are invited to place orders to support birds and local conservation efforts at the same time.
These are the seed offered for sale:
- Black oil sunflower seeds ($52/50lb or $26/25lb) give birds the high energy they need after migration and through the breeding and nesting season, and attract a wide variety of birds;
- Sunflower chips ($85/40lb) provide the same high-energy food, but without shells—eliminating the mess from under feeders;
- Economy ($30/50lb) and select ($35/40lb or $13/15lb) mixes are great for ground and platform feeding, and also attract a diversity of birds to your landscape;
- Thistle ($25/15lb) attracts the striking black and yellow American Goldfinch, but requires a specialized feeder.
If you have problems with squirrels, safflower ($25/15 lb) may be the perfect seed for you. For woodpeckers and nuthatches, there are whole peanuts ($30/15 lb) and suet cakes ($3). Bedford Audubon is also offering an Audubon nest builder — a wood and wire dispenser filled with natural nest lining material ($17), and a dish-style Audubon hummingbird feeder ($16) with a built-in ant moat.
Orders must be placed by close of business on Tuesday, March 31. Anyone placing an order may pick up their purchases between the hours of 10 a.m. and 2 p.m. in the parking lot of the Town of Bedford Office Campus at 425 Cherry St. on Saturday, April 11. Home delivery is available for a small additional fee to addresses in Bedford, Katonah, Lewisboro, Mount Kisco, North Salem, Pound Ridge, Somers, and Yorktown.
Order forms are available at www.facebook.com/BedfordAudubonSociety. Bedford Audubon accepts checks, Visa, and MasterCard and can accept orders over the phone at 914-232-1999.
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