As winter approaches, throw dietary caution to the wind.

We're not talking about some radical new nutritional plan. We're talking about feeding your wild birds high-calorie, high-fat foods to help them survive the winter.

Food is the most essential element to providing birds with the energy, stamina and nutrition they need during the winter months.

To stay warm, birds will expend energy very quickly, some losing up to 10% of their body weight on a cold night.

An ample supply of a high-calorie food, such as suet or peanuts, is critical to a bird’s survival.

Suet is a high-energy, pure-fat substance that is particularly helpful in winter when many birds have a difficult time finding the insects they would normally eat.

If you offer suet in addition to your seed, bird species, such as woodpeckers, nuthatches, chickadees, titmice are even more likely to stop by your yard and become frequent visitors.

And if you aren't offering your birds WBU Winter Blend, you're truly missing out.

WBU Winter Blend is also a high-fat, high energy food that will quickly become a fall and winter favorite for your backyard birds. Winter Blend is now available at WBU Carlsbad through February, 2009.

Let us help you prepare your birds for the upcoming winter.

Stop by the store this month and check out our wide selection of suet, suet feeders and seed blends. Remember, fattening up this winter isn't a bad thing.