Wild Bird Feeders Garden Nursery Landscaping Guide

Wild Bird Feeders To Attract Birds To Your Yard

By Rodger G Allenby

Wild bird feeders are a special tool used by bird watchers who like watching wild birds coming and spending time in the yard. There are a variety of bird feeders, including window and hummingbird feeders.

If you want to make your yard attractive to birds, then you can place bird feeders and bird baths in strategic locations around your yard. You may place a window bird feeder and watch birds flying towards your window to feed from the bird feeder. All you need is a tinted window and the birds will not know you are watching them.

Your Local Wild Bird Population

You don’t need to be an Audubon Society member or even a budding amateur bird watcher to enjoy your local wild bird population. Just about everyone can identify a robin or blue jay, but you may have only heard some of the rest of the wild birds in your area.

Sometimes you get only a fleeting glimpse of a colorful wild bird darting between the branches of a tree or some unidentified feathered creature foraging in the fall landscape for food. If you’d like to get a closer look at the wild bird life in your garden, a wild bird feeder is one way to get more than a glance at these beautiful and interesting neighbors.

Wild Bird Feeders Are Available Online And Pet Stores

There are a number of types and styles of wild bird feeders on the market. Check out the Audubon Society website or any number of birding sites to see what’s available. Pet stores in your home town also carry such products.

Natural materials are preferred by wild birds, as woody material is part of their environment. Typically, a ledge wraps around the birdhouse so the birds can settle while picking up the goodies which spill onto the platform. This means you can get more than a passing moment of observation.

Keep The Wild Bird Feeders Away From Predators Like Cats

When selecting a location for your wild bird feeder, be sure it’s high enough for their comfort zone. Wild birds are wary creatures, so you’ll want to make your initial wild bird feeder a safe haven. Remember that the family kitty has sharp eyes, so if you’re going to place your feeder in a tree, keep it out of reach of this natural predator.

Wild birds need wild bird seed, which consists of special mixtures of seeds and grains they find nutritious and tasty. If you provide good food, your wild bird feeder will soon be a hit. Your birds will return again and again.

Wild Bird Watching Is Relaxing And Fun

Those who winter over will provide you with much entertainment as they stay robustly healthy and full of song. You’ll find bags of seed mixtures in quantities ranging from five to fifty pounds at very reasonable prices. Wild bird feeding and watching is an inexpensive hobby and quite rewarding. Everyone in the family can join in the fun.

Once you’ve attracted some of the local wild birds, you may want to invest in a pair of binoculars and a guidebook to the wild birds of your region. You’ll be amazed how much you can learn about bird life just by stopping to look.

Besides the fun of watching these fascinating creatures, it’s good to know that they help keep your garden free of pests. Just remember to keep your wild bird feeder full and put netting over your cherry tree when it’s bearing fruit. Birds cannot resist these treats!

Netting On Your Fruit Trees

You can even place netting over all your fruit trees, as wild birds love any sweet, juicy fruit like apples, pears and tomatoes on a growing tomato plant. If you have a number of miniature fruit trees in your yard, these will be quickly decimated by wild birds if they are left unprotected. Spend a little time netting your fruit trees and you will be rewarded with delicious fruit for all your family.

You may notice squirrels climbing up to the wild bird feeders and eating the seed, leaving little for the wild birds to eat. You can look to see where the squirrels are coming from and if you notice they are coming from the same direction in the yard, you can place squirrel feeders on the way and they will forget all about the wild bird feeders.

Place the squirrel feeders as far away from the bird feeders as possible, to ensure the squirrels notice the squirrel feeders before they are attracted by the bird feeders.

There are other attractions you can make for your wild birds, so they can spend more time in you yard. You can place one or two bird baths for the birds to splash about in the heat of summertime.

If you like bird watching, then you can make your yard attractive to birds by placing bird baths and wild bird feeders.

About the Author:
Rodger G Allenby has written a number of articles on gardening and landscaping including Above Ground Storage Tank, Grass Seed For Your Lawn, Mum Flowers Are Perfect, Garden Supplies To Maintain Your Garden, Backyard Ideas, Green Lawn, Front Yard Landscape, Gardening Tools, Backyard Putting Green, Backyard Landscaping Pictures, Outdoor Fire Pit, Potting Table, Backyard Fences, Fish Ponds .
Keep a lookout for more of his articles on this website.

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