The birds and the squirrels will not eat the seeds at all. It is such a waste. They eat the sunflower seeds and leave the rest.

Mostly milo (grain sorghum) which most birds don't eat. As a result, I'm having to put out 2-3 times the amount of bird seed to account for this. From an online article: "Most common backyard birds won’t eat it (milo). In its backyard bird feeding guide, for instance, the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service notes that no birds appear to like it. Cornell University’s Project FeederWatch, which recruits backyard birdwatchers to assist in annual bird population counts, recommends that feeders avoid “mixtures that have a high percentage of less-appealing ‘filler’ seeds such as red milo.” Even the Wild Bird Feeding Industry (WBFI), a trade group for bird seed manufacturers, warns on its website that seeds such as milo are “less attractive to birds.”" Analysis by Christopher Ingraham, Reporter

I brought it this month and im so happy about my purchase of this product