I put out hulled,chopped sunflower seed. Costlier but it removes the toxic hulls and there is less loss of seed because the birds can swallow the smaller pieces. Thus,
less rodent attracting seed on the ground.
It is the only seed that seems to attract the bluebirds to the feeder here.

I imagine you have a very wide variety of natives and migrating birds. You live in my favorite part of USA.

Planting tall perennials with persistent seedheads attracts the gymnastic finches and other smaller birds which are fun
to watch.

Thanks for the tips Dottie!
Egrets are my fave - whenever they land in my yard, it is a real treat!
I would definitely like to see more finches :)
Hope you make it back down here for some R&R soon!

Put in a koi pond if you want more egrets and herons

Yeah, just fill it with cheap feeder gold fish, not expensive koi !