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Bird feeders and how to attract birds to your garden
How to Maintain Bird Feeders
Jul 4th
Bird feeders benefit from regular maintenance, although the maintenance tasks are easy to carry out. The most obvious of these tasks is refilling the feed. When you refill feeders as necessary, you provide a reliable source of food for the birds. If you refill them on a hit-and-miss basis, birds probably won’t starve. But they will look elsewhere for food. You will have to start all over again in attracting birds to your feeding area or yard. The other two regular tasks revolve around cleaning. You should maintain the area around the feeders, and you should clean out the feeders More >
Natural and Man-Made Butterfly and Bird Feeders
Jun 28th
Butterfly and bird feeders provide a service to wild creatures by offering them a steady food source. Food sources are important both for birds who nest in your area, and for those who migrate through on their way somewhere else. A benefit for you, of course, is watching beautiful creatures right in your own yard. Your primary ways of supplying food are with flowers, the natural feeders, and with man-made bird feeders.
Flowers can attract both butterflies and hummingbirds. If you want to try planting a butterfly and hummingbird garden, check into some of the following plants: sage, thyme, lavender, butterfly More >
The Right Stuff For Your Bird Feeder: Making Sure Birds Love What You Bring to Dinner
Jun 22nd
It is settled, done, and you’re ready – you have decided to make the ultimate jump into supporting avian wildlife in your community, and have purchased a bird feeder. This is a great addition to your outdoor paradise, as it encourages feathered friends to come down and frequent your deck, patio, or wherever you put it. Plus, it adds an exotic flavor to your patio, as you now have wildlife circling your patio as if it were their property.
So you get home, put the bird feeder up near your deck, and are ready for avian wildlife of all kinds to More >
Bird Feeders From Windowalert
Jun 16th
Bird feeders are an attractive inclusion to gardens, backyards, and terraces. They are sure to attract all sorts of birds and let you observe them very closely. The bird feeder will attract more birds when it is placed in a proper location and the kind of food filled in varies according to the preferences of different species. These feeders are available in different designs from tubes to hoppers and trays. Hummingbird feeders make a fantastic décor for your garden. They have red accents or red glass with sugar solution to attract hummingbirds. A suet feeder has a metal cage-like construction and plastic More >
Attract Interesting Birds To Your Yard With Platform Bird Feeders
Jun 10th
There are many types of bird feeders and one popular style is the platform bird feeder. It is the kind of feeder which looks like a tray that is slightly elevated or totally mounted off the ground.
There is a difference between a hanging bird feeder and a platform bird feeder. In the hanging type, the seeds are placed on its small openings. The platform feeder on the other hand is obviously like a platform wherein you can easily place or scatter the seeds on it.
Platform bird feeders can also be used if you want to prevent squirrels from More >
Sunflower Seed Bird Feeders Come in a Variety of Designs for a Variety of Wild Birds
Jun 4th
Bird watching and wild bird feeding has become a fascinating and enjoyable pastime for many people around the world. We love watching the variety of birds visiting our homes and yards. If you are interested in setting up bird feeding stations around your home there are some things you need to know about different species and their feeding habits as well as the different types of bird feeders available. Sunflower seed bird feeders come in many forms which serve different purposes.
The Caged Triple Tube Bird Feeder can not only be used for feeding sunflower seed but can be used for More >
Finding the Correct Bird Feeder For Your Needs
May 29th
Warm weather means a multitude of things for many different people. For Audubon enthusiasts out there, the springtime means the return of many different kinds of birds. As the weather once again becomes sunny and warm, our avian friends once again return to our skies, and greet them with their many songs. Of course, if you’re a fan of the feathered creatures, adding a bird feeder can be the best thing that you can add to your patio.
A well-placed bird feeder can invite your flying friends to come down for a visit, enjoy a meal, and catch up for a More >
The Advantage of Tube Bird Feeders
May 24th
Some of the fondest memories of childhood are the discovery of the biords nesting on our backyard. The bird feeding in our backyards is the easiest way to enjoy the world of wild life. People of different ages can enjoy doing this.
It does not matter whether you’re living in the suburban or renting an apartment. You can easily hear the chirping of birds coming form your windows or backyards. These chirps can even create music in our ears. Life would surely be dull without birds.
Bird watching is one of the most convenient recreations. You don’t need to cash More >
Win the Squirrel War With Squirrel-proof Bird Feeders
May 18th
If you have squirrel problems, a squirrel-proof bird feeder may be your best solution. There are several species of ground squirrels and tree squirrels in North America that can create problems for bird enthusiasts. The Fox Squirrel and the Eastern and Western Gray Squirrels are species of tree squirrels that are most commonly involved with causing problems for home owners and bird watchers.
Squirrel-proof bird feeders come in a variety of shapes, sizes and styles. They range from the simple baffle-topped feeders, to the weight activated hopper feeders like the Homestead Super Stop-A-Squirrel. For the serious backyard birder there is the More >
Decorative Bird Feeders: Sanctuary for Birds, Good Sights for Spectators
May 12th
More and more people are starting to get into feeding wild birds in their yards and gardens. That is because wild birds, even how wild they may tend to be, will always return to that especially allotted spot where they can find great seeds to eat.
Bright and lively groups of birds, flying around the bird feeder is also a great, amusing and relaxing sight to see. That can be one of the logical reasons why there is a rising number of people who are getting more and more interested at investing in decorative bird feeders.
In the past, people from several More >
