I mostly feed on the ground. That's about a 7' oval under the maple tree. I scatter cracked corn on the driveway for about 20', they get gravel there too for grit. I do have a hanging sunflower seed feeder that holds about two gallons for chickadees and Titmice. The chickadees come and go from before sunrise until after sunset. Their little furnaces have tiny fireboxes.You need a bigger feeder. The two I have, are similar design but the older one holds twice as much. I can get by filling the bigger one up about every other week.
I won't do ground feeding. Attracts vermin, like coons and possum. Enough falls on ground for the doves and other ground feeders.I mostly feed on the ground.
I have such a flock of ground feeders I go through approximately 2 quarts of shelled corn, oil sun flower, Niger thistle, cracked corn, and peanuts per day. I typically feed just before dawn, around noon, and around 4 pm. Mostly jays, cardinals, juncoes, and mourning doves with a smattering of others.I won't do ground feeding. Attracts vermin, like coons and possum. Enough falls on ground for the doves and other ground feeders.
Because we do not farm and our nearest neighbor is well over a half mile away, we don't have any sh!t birds like English Sparrows, Starlings etc. Plus we have excellent habitat surrounding our yard, ever greens, low brush, hardwoods, prairie, and a free flowing spring.Use to feed thistle, in Michigan. Goldfinches loved it. Here, they just tossed it on the ground...........so I quit and switched to black oiler sunflowers, exclusively. The inexpensive mixed seed attracts non desirable birds like Starlings and Cowbirds.