How To Attract Wild Birds To Your Back Yard

Attracting Wild Birds to Your Back Yard

Bird watching , bird identification and feeding wild birds is a huge and continually growing fascination with so many folks. You too can be successful in your efforts to attract wild birds to your neck of the woods.

Certainly having attractive landscaping, or at the very least nearby trees in which wild birds can perch and seek refuge, is a big help. But…the right bird feeder and proper seed mix is the ultimate goal. Even if you have only a balcony area to place a bird feeder, the right choice of feeder and seed will attract birds to feed. So let’s start with the basics…

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Bird feeder choices. They are MANY. Cage feeders. Tube type feeders. Dome style feeders. Squirrel proof feeders. Window feeders. Hummingbird and Oriole feeders.

And what type of seed to offer your feathered friends? That depends on the types of birds you want to attract. We will deal with the seed (s) that are most accepted by the vast majority of wild birds that you can expect to your feeding station.

1. Bird Feeder Choice

If you are new to feeding wild birds, consider starting with either a tube type or cage feeder. Either will accommodate the seed mix that we recommend offering. The advantage to a cage feeder is that most cage feeders are squirrel proof, or at the very lest, squirrel resistant. If you want to keep pesky and diligent squirrels away from your tube feeder, you will need some type of squirrel guard or baffle.

2. Bird Seed Choice

Again…our favorite…tried and true mix…

For year round use, we recommend a combination of black/oil sunflower and safflower with an approximate ratio of 5 to 1 respectively. Over many, many years, our experience has proven this mix to be extremely popular with most all song birds. Cardinals, Chickadees, Titmice, Nuthatches, Blue Jays, all the Sparrow family and finches, including House Finches and Goldfinches (these guys don’t eat just thistle/nyjer seed), Doves and many others will appreciate this menu offering.

3. Where to place your feeder…

A squirrel proof/squirrel resistant feeder (cage type feeder) can be placed most anywhere accessible by your feathered friends…hanging from a tree limb or a shepherd hook, and will not require any special protection. A tube type feeder can also be placed most anywhere, but, if you prefer to keep squirrels away, will require appropriate squirrel protection/squirrel proofing.

So consider starting with a cage style feeder and experiment. Mostly…enjoy. And be patient. If you or your neighbors haven’t offered food before in your area, it may take some time…days, maybe a week or more before you begin to see any activity. But once you do…you will be hooked.

We encourage anyone who has not actively fed birds before to jump in…enjoy and relish in the wonderful feeling you will experience when you see birds flocking to the new feeder that you have placed outside for them. Winter is an especially important time of year to continue to be a dedicated bird feeder. Food sources are more scarce. So once you start…please stay at it. The birds you attract will be very happy that you did.

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