Audubon Park 13189 Cardinal Blend Seed Cake Wild Bird Food, 4-Pack

We bought several of these over the winter as the bird absolutely love them. Also, they hold up well in the rainy Pacific NW rain.We had been getting them for $5.99 each but all of a sudden they've shot sky high going from $17 - $21!! That's why the 2 stars rating. If they were still $5.99 I'd have given 5 stars. What's the deal? They are bird food for heavens sake. Being seniors on a fixed income we can no longer afford these. Hope the birds understand.

My wife gave me the feeder that you put these rings on as a Christmas gift. I sat out in my backyard and watched woodpeckers, wrens, chickadees, blue jays, cardinals, titmice, and unfortunately squirrels come for a nibble. They last about a week long, if you chase the squirrels off them. My little dog Olive takes care of that fairly well. As a bird lover who likes to take photos of the birds, I appreciate that the birds have to work a bit to get a treat. Especialy titmice and chickadees who usually land, grab, and go at a normal feeder too fast for photos.

Your browser does not support HTML5 video.  I was excited to be offered this to try through the Vine program as we don't have a lot of cash to try new things very often. Vine lets me find new products for my family with less risk to our bottom-line, which I am super grateful for. We are gardeners and encourage wildlife into our garden every chance we get. We get a lot of enjoyment watching birds that come to the garden to fed and bathe. We've used a lot of feed over the years. I can say pretty confidently that this is really, really decent seed. No suet, which I like for spring and summer feeding (and keeps the price reasonable as suet is pricey). MASSIVE block. When I opened the package I found a few seeds had come loose, but certainly no worse than I get with suet cakes.I put it out and within an hour I had titmice, cardinals, juncos and a hairy woodpecker and a red-bellied woodpecker as well as a few sparrows/finches. Granted, we already have all of these coming regularly to feed from our feeders, but they homed in on *this* one to see what the new food was about. And stayed to have some of it. And then quarreled over it, lol.I've uploaded a short vid of birds coming to eat it. If you wait til the end, you get to see a woodpecker.I looked it up the next day and ordered a pair more, because I feel that at the $5.99 they are selling for at this moment, they are a deal.The only downside is the getting wet issue. Being made of gelatin means that either it needs a cover or you have to remember to bring it in during damp weather. I'm pretty sure that if you left this out in the rain all day, you would find a pile of wet seed under the feeder...

Despite the fact that I didn't think these cakes would appeal, it turns out, I was totally wrong. Although it's hard to see the mealy worms in the cake (unlike some others I've used). The birds have really liked this product. And the cakes last a long time. I get Hairy and Downy Woodpeckers, Chickadees, Titmice, Goldfinch, Carolina Wrens, Catbirds and others. It's good stuff and I'm sorry for my over-hasty original review.

So I bought another mealworm cake like this on Amazon and it had black sunflower seeds in it. I noticed that a squirrel - my feeders are not by trees - would run all the way up my hill to attack my mealworm cake for those sunflower seeds. I didn't like that as I'm not out to feed that little squirrel - so I changed and bought these mealworm cakes. They have shelled sunflower seeds and guess what - the squirrel has not returned, but all my favorite birds have and they love this cake! I wish they were a touch cheaper (the other cake was the same size but under $8), but I'll pay extra to keep the squirrel away.

I was so happy to find a large seed cake for a competitive price that I could have shipped regularly to save us some time/trouble. And who doesn't trust the name Audobon when it comes to birds?! The cakes look great (from a human perspective of seed cakes), but apparently our wild birds have no high opinion. What is ordinarily a steady stream of birds to our feeders came to a halt. And I mean halted like they had some strong aversion to those cakes. I would really like to hear from Audobon about how these cakes are made because something is very wrong with them.

UPDATE: Hooray ... after receiving 1st seed cake with about 40% loose seed, I placed a second order for 2 more. THESE ARRIVED NEARLY INTACT in a box with plenty of padding. Some loose seed but I've seen worse in stores.ORIGINAL REVIEW: Mine arrived with about 40% of the "cake" loose seed. At least I have some to put in the seed cake feeder. The woodpecker variety DOES have decent nuts - NOT milo.Mine arrived in a box with other soft items and was well protected. I suspect it was broken before shipping. I've had the same problem w broken seed cakes even at local pet stores.

My dad wanted me to buy 2 pound bird seed block for the outside seed basket cages. Walmart hat he seed blocks for a dollar more. Here on Amazon it was $5.99 a block. I like the fact that the bird seed blocks are professionally made and the price is reasonable. The merchandise took like a month and a week to ship to my address. The local avian species enjoy pecking and eating front the feeder baskets. The birds and my dad are totally satisfied. Thanks Amazon.com