Are dried pumpkin seeds safe for wild birds?

Anonymous
Anonymous

My pet birds have them in their general food mix but always leave them. I think its a shame to throw them away, I keep dried berries, left over brazil nut bits & rosehips and put them out on the bird table but I'm not sure about the pumpkin seeds. I tried my tamish squirrels with them but they gave the paws down. I wouldn't want to make the birds ill.