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About this item
Highlights
- Great for Birds, Bad for Squirrels: This spicy hot wild bird food blend was created just for birds – no squirrels allowed. It offers a variety of nutritious ingredients like high-energy sunflower and safflower seeds and protein-packed peanuts, but its zesty seasoning discourages squirrels from eating it. Do not be alarmed: hot pepper is safe for birds. Birds don’t have pain receptors that react to spicy food. Unfortunately for squirrels, they’re not so lucky. Just like humans, they do have pain receptors in their mouths and tend to avoid spicy foods.
- No Fillers: Melody Select super premium wild bird food blends are loaded with nutritious ingredients to help ensure your backyard birds are getting the highest nutritional value at your backyard bird feeder. Melody Select wild bird food blends contain no corn or milo.
- Fortified with NutriThrive®: Melody Select super premium wild bird food blends are fortified with NutriThrive® vitamins and minerals to help support overall wild bird health.
- Attract Colorful Birds: Fill your feeder with this fiery hot blend and attract a variety of colorful birds including cardinals, juncos, nuthatches, titmice, woodpeckers, jays, and more.
- Feeder Recommendations: Melody Select Hot Pepper blend can be used with a tube, hopper, or platform bird feeder.
Description
Melody Select Hot Pepper wild bird food is a zesty blend of hearty ingredients created to attract vibrant songbirds but send squirrels running the other direction. Spice up your feeder with this premium bird food blend of wild bird favorites featuring high-energy sunflower hearts, peanuts, and safflower seed seasoned with fiery hot pepper.
Weight: 4.5 Pounds
Pet Caution Statement: No warning applicable
Pets subtype: Bird Food
Country of Origin: United States
TCIN: 91110785
UPC: 086155040047
Item Number (DPCI): 084-03-7236
Origin: Made in the USA
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Ingredients:
sunflower seed, peanuts, safflower seed, millet, calcium carbonate, soybean oil, red pepper extract, mineral oil, vitamin a, vitamin e, riboflavin, d-calcium pantothenate, vitamin b12, biotin, zinc proteinate, manganese proteinate, copper proteinate, calcium iodate, dl-methionine, dicalcium phosphate, flax oil, mixed tocopherols.
Shipping details
Estimated ship dimensions: 14 inches length x 8 inches width x 2.25 inches height
Estimated ship weight: 4.5 pounds
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4.5 out of 5 stars with 33 reviews
86% would recommend
29 recommendations
Great blend, birds enjoy it, has a hot pepper taste, does not deter squirrels
4 out of 5 stars
Thumbs up graphic, would recommend
SteveD33 - 12 days ago
This is an excellent blend of bird food with a good mix of ingredients that are natural and healthy for birds. The cardinals love this and keep coming back for more, with other little birds coming as well. Unfortunately, this does not deter squirrels and they come to enjoy this as well. I tried it myself and it does have a strong hot pepper taste and flavor. It is a good option, but don't expect squirrels to stay away.
My birds love it!
5 out of 5 stars
Thumbs up graphic, would recommend
Dani991 - 14 days ago
I have to share how incredible this bird seed is! My Cardinals can't get enough of it! The wild birds in my area know me well, and they went absolutely wild when I opened the bag. I decided to sprinkle some in the grass for now while I wait for my replacement bird feeder, and let me tell you – as soon as I did, all the little feathered friends came out for a delightful snack! It was such a joy to watch them enjoying the feast! It does smell spicy, which is expected. It a great mix.
A Fun Option for Bird Lovers
4 out of 5 stars
Thumbs up graphic, would recommend
Jenny4684 - 25 days ago
This is a really fun option if you regularly use bird seed. It offers something a little different, in that there is a spicy oil coating the seed that keeps non-bird critters from eating it. There is a warning on the package to wash your hands so your skin doesn't get irritated, but otherwise, it's just like using other bird seed.
It's a hit in my yard
5 out of 5 stars
Thumbs up graphic, would recommend
Marie S - 29 days ago
I wasn't sure how well this would go over in my area, but I decided to try it out anyways, and so far the response from the birds has been great! They really seem to enjoy the food (except the sunflower seeds?) and come back every day for more.
Great deal!
5 out of 5 stars
Thumbs up graphic, would recommend
Spikette - 1 month ago, Verified purchaser
We've been buying the spicy bird seed online and it was a lot more expensive. This spicy birdseed keeps the squirrels out of the bird feeder along with keeping rats and mice from coming for the seed. The wild birds LOVE it!!
Bird approved
4 out of 5 stars
Thumbs up graphic, would recommend
Echristine - 1 month ago
This food seemed to be good quality and my birds did eat it all. I will say that it seemed to take them a bit longer to finish it as compared to other mixes I have fed them. Did not have any issues with squirrels.
Great bird food!
5 out of 5 stars
Thumbs up graphic, would recommend
jzhang678 - 1 month ago
This blend of super nutritious seeds and nuts is perfect for birds and other forms of wildlife. The bag is of good value with several pounds of quality ingredients. The flavors seems to be great since it attracts numerous birds into my backyard. It’s a great product that I would buy again to feed birds! I highly recommend this bird feed!
Great size bird seed
5 out of 5 stars
Thumbs up graphic, would recommend
italianbabe0539 - 1 month ago
This hot pepper blend bird seed is great. It’s a nice size bag for the price. The birds in my yard really enjoyed it. I received this as part of the hey bullseye program and I definitely plan on buying it again.
Interesting bird food!
5 out of 5 stars
Thumbs up graphic, would recommend
Ashlarayej86 - 1 month ago
I was so excited to receive this hot pepper blend bird food. I found it very interesting as it contains hot pepper and didn’t think that would be the type of food birds would enjoy. I recently purchased a bird feeder with a camera so I can’t wait to see what types of colorful birds this food will attract.
Great bird food
5 out of 5 stars
Thumbs up graphic, would recommend
Lidi1989 - 1 month ago
This bird food is great quality. It has a great variety in it. It fit perfectly in my bird feeder. This bird food attracts all kind of birds, it’s really neat to see and watch. This is well worth the money!
Great blend
5 out of 5 stars
Thumbs up graphic, would recommend
Lou - 1 month ago
Great product. Attracted several birds and kept away the squirrels that hang off my feeder. A good mix of a variety of seeds, too. Only drawback is we can’t let our young children fill the feeder with this like we usually do
The point of pepper birdseed...
2 out of 5 stars
Thumbs down graphic, would not recommend
LLM2001 - 1 month ago, Verified purchaser
As birdseed, yeah, it's great, but birds aren't that picky. The whole idea behind pepper birdseed is for it to be a deterrent for other greedy critters, which this absolutely was not. After leaving the feeder empty for about a week, I purchased this in store 3/17, put it out the next day, and within days our gluttonous local squirrel found his way back AND we got the added bonus of a rat. This is the first brand we've tried, though, so I'll try pepper blend from a couple of other stores before giving up on the idea. However, this is not the one.
1 reply from Customer Service @GHFoods team - 1 month ago
We are so sorry to hear that our Hot Pepper Blend did not work well for you but thank you for bringing this to our attention. We cannot keep making great wild bird products without feedback from fellow bird lovers like you! Please contact us directly at 1-888-290-9430 so we can better assist you. Again, thank you for being an important part of our flock and helping us improve our products.
Great Bird Food!
5 out of 5 stars
Thumbs up graphic, would recommend
LGEMLICH - 1 month ago
I absolutely love this birdseed. It attracts all kinds of interesting wild birds to my backyard feeder. It also is nice and spicy so it keeps away in a rodents and squirrels because they don’t like the spice. I really really like this Birdfeed a lot!
It's just bird seed
3 out of 5 stars
Thumbs down graphic, would not recommend
vmedina - 1 month ago
The birds by me seem to enjoy this seed mix about the same as any other seed mix. I didn't notice a difference in type of birds. Where im located we get a nice variety. This 4.5 pound bag I was able to fill both of my feeders half way. Not sure if its worth the price. do remember gettting a 10 pound bag, diffrent seed mix and brand, last year for the same price.
Colorful Bird Food
5 out of 5 stars
Thumbs up graphic, would recommend
Dana1181 - 1 month ago
The Melody Select Hot Pepper Blend Wild Bird Food is a generously-sized bag of food made specifically for various types of birds. This food has a variety of kernels that are supposed to attract birds and we have set up our birdhouses for the spring with this. Love the color variety too.
Bird lovers buy !!!!
5 out of 5 stars
Thumbs up graphic, would recommend
Jarabrooks - 2 months ago
If you are a bird watcher and have a bird feeder - this product is great. And if your bird feeder is anywhere raccoons or squirrels like to steal food, you’re doing to love this as well. The birds love it! Note that because of the spice, you’ll want to wash your hands after touching. I received this for free for my unbiased opinion.
Epic fail- kept the birds away
1 out of 5 stars
Thumbs down graphic, would not recommend
Gerita19 - 2 months ago
My mom had visits from blue jays, cardinals and many other birds daily until we tried this food. The food was placed in various bird feeders in our yard but instead of coming around the birds stopped coming and she said one day one just sat in a tree from a distance and she watched it hoping it would come by but it didn’t. She went back to her usual bird seed and they flocked back so it was definitely the food. Bummer.
1 reply from Customer Service @GHFoods team - 1 month ago
We are so sorry to hear that your birds did not seem to like our bird food, Gerita19. We strive to create high-quality and nutritious blends to attract all your favorite feathered friends, so we appreciate your feedback. Please contact us directly at 1-888-290-9430 so we can better assist you.
Birds like it
5 out of 5 stars
Thumbs up graphic, would recommend
DeidraMcC - 2 months ago
The birds seem to like this blend as well as others I have used. It flows nicely in my feeder. I am not sure if the spice deters squirrels yet, but it hasn't detered any of my usual birds. I didn't notice a spicy odor when pouring it into the feeder, so it must be subtle?
Sort of works
3 out of 5 stars
Thumbs down graphic, would not recommend
Cakey22 - 2 months ago
The birds in my yard seem to like this bird food just fine, but its ability to deter squirrels seems a bit limited. There is definitely chili powder or something spicy on it, but a few days after I put it out, I saw a squirrel on the feeder. It had rained, so maybe it washed all the spicy off. I would say that as far as bird food, it does the job, but if you’re looking to keep squirrels away it might work best somewhere without frequent rain. The only other thing of note is that it had peanuts in it, which is great, but they get stuck in the type of feeder I have, so that might be something others run into as well.
Spiced up our feeder
5 out of 5 stars
Thumbs up graphic, would recommend
RaeBeth - 2 months ago
This mix smells so spicy! Both pouring it into my feeder and walking past the feeder later the pepper was definitively present. And apparently this was an exciting turn for the birds in my area. I observed nuthatches, finches, chickadees, starlings, hairy woodpeckers and tufted titmice at the feeder with frequency. The only tiny issue is that some of the larger nuts were too big both for the size of local feeder frequenters and for the feeder’s mesh. We’ve taken the larger pieces leftover and placed them on the ground for the squirrels. This mix has been a hit for us and our avian friends!