Wild Birds Unlimited – Wake Forest

Wild Birds Unlimited in Wake Forest is a franchise of the national backyard bird feeding chain, on Capital Boulevard. Owner Jeanne Mauney, whose background is in accounting and finance, runs it as a family business with a small staff of North Carolinians who live and work in Wake County.

The shop sells bird seed blends, suet, mealworms, feeders and critter control hardware, plus nature gifts and optics. The staff gives advice on turning a yard into a bird feeding habitat, and the store runs a Daily Savings Club and takes orders online.

What to know

• The store guarantees its bird food and sells no-waste seed blends picked for local birds.
• Its seed lineup includes the No-Mess Plus blend.
• One staff member is the store’s resident bluebird expert.