Please feed the birds! They have young ones and are hungry and tired. IF you love birds enter here..

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Anonymous wrote:Did someone mention planting purple coneflowers (a k a echinacea) to attract Orioles?

And don't spray for insects. That's bird food right there. Don't keep a pristine manicured lawn. Leave the dead heads of flowers on the plants so birds can eat the natural seeds.

Yes. Yes and Yes...

But also supplement birds by feeding so we will have more brides songs and life filling our neighborhoods.

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Anonymous wrote:Thanks for this, OP! I have two feeders out. One has safflower seeds and the other has niger seeds. Nuthatches, jays and cardinals come to the first. I love the two pairs of goldfinches who come to the niger seeds.

I had hummingbirds two years ago. Did you know they come back to the exact same spot year after year? Last year I didn’t put the feeder out (I was spending a lot of time at my mom’s when she was in hospice) and I lost them. So I’m trying again this year, but so far no hummers.

Thank you! How wonderful that birds in a way keep you connected with memory of your mom. Hugs. There is so much joy in feeding birds, they pay back in letting us enjoying their magical beauty up close.

Good luck with the humming birds. Maybe you can find some tick here how to make them come back? Hugs.

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Anonymous wrote:Am I missing something? We had a mild winter (and pretty much for the last few years) and there are a ton of berries (wild blueberries, raspberries, grapes, etc) and a ton of bugs and worms.

I'll feed birds in the winter, but I'm not convinced it's needed during such a plentiful time....plus the whole food chain thing, you know, not letting 1 particular species population grow too much too fast.

I'm more enamored with the hawks and owls anyway. Their food sources are more limited and compete with fox and outdoor cats.

PP, this woul be the best reply to your concern of that kind:

Anonymous wrote:
Birds have plenty to eat right now. It’s summer. Feeding them now is pointless.


Not really. Bird parents are working 12 hours a day to find nutritious bugs and grubs for their babies. They stop at your feeder for fast food for themselves on the way to the next grub delivery. Ornithologists will tell you this.

Also, I love it when people put bird feeders out and connect with nature. Nothing pointless about that. Watching them brings joy and peace (most of the time, unless the Jays are kicking off the smaller birds). And, if just some of you are thinking, hey, I like my feeder birds so maybe I'll keep my cat inside so their nest full of babies has a chance, that's a great thing.

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Anonymous wrote:

I’m an animal biologist.

1. This year winter was astonishingly mild. Many more animals survived than usual.

2. Spring is a very bountiful time of year, with many insects, fruits and seeds available to birds and other critters.

3. Hungry rats and mice in urban and semi urban neighborhoods may bother you more this year because of the mild winter and restaurant closings. Make sure to clean up any seeds left on the ground, as they are prime rodent food.

4. There is no particular need for feeding animals in Spring.
You can feed them during harsh winters, and put out daily water in periods of deep freeze, since they cannot drink then.

Dear anima biologist:

I guess we are learning over and over again on DCUM that scientific expertise in the areay does not always means empathy for the very subject of expertise right?

here is to you from someone who sees things differently:

Not really. Bird parents are working 12 hours a day to find nutritious bugs and grubs for their babies. They stop at your feeder for fast food for themselves on the way to the next grub delivery. Ornithologists will tell you this.

Also, I love it when people put bird feeders out and connect with nature. Nothing pointless about that. Watching them brings joy and peace (most of the time, unless the Jays are kicking off the smaller birds). And, if just some of you are thinking, hey, I like my feeder birds so maybe I'll keep my cat inside so their nest full of babies has a chance, that's a great thing.

[Anonymous]

Problem:

Anonymous wrote:Are you in the city? I had a bird feeder once in the city and a rat(s) came to eat the seeds that fell on the ground. I haven’t had a bird feeder since.

Solution:

Nyjer & safflower do not appeal to rodents for city PP. I also have been scarred by rodents so I only have those 2 types of seed, squirrel proof feeders, & a hummingbird feeder (which has no visitors yet, tragically - I just bought a red flowering plant to hang next to it to encourage them!).

[Anonymous]

Magic happening... bring the birds to your back yard and let the kids take a break from the screen to watch something magnificent..
memories in the making:

[Anonymous]

Parents can relate to this, however birds don't have a supermarket around the corner and they truly never know where their next meal is coming from... hard job to be a bird parent. Help them a little..

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I work with an ornithologist. You should NOT be feeding birds right now.

Nonsense.

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[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I work with an ornithologist. You should NOT be feeding birds right now.

Nonsense.

Right PP, I agree with you, this is nonsense. Somebody really does not want us to have a large population of birds.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Magic happening... bring the birds to your back yard and let the kids take a break from the screen to watch something magnificent..
memories in the making:

Yes!

[Anonymous]

I LOVE BIRDS

[Anonymous]

I feed the birds so my indoor cats have something to watch when they are bored.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:If you have a kin heart please get a bird feeder, some feed and help tired birds to find food fast and easy.
They bring life and singing into your neighborhood. Many birds did not survived harsh winters of the past and our area has been depleted. Please help the birds to find easy feed and enjoy their presence.

Feeders can be bought on amazon, or other online venues, and also locally at Home Depot or Hardware store etc.

The feeder can be had for as little as 10 dollars and a huge bag of food some 20lbs or so can be had for some 15 dollars. Also birds feed is sold in any Pet store, Home Depot and Safeway and other supermarkets and hardware stores.

Birds will have a time and a chance to grow and accumulate the body fat essential to survive the winter.

Thank you!
Tweet! Tweet!

PS. There are a whole lot of bird haters out there and to you - please do not post on this thread, this is for bird lovers only.
















Yes! We do have Colibri in our area! If you build it they will come!

Song bird populations are diminishing everywhere. So yes, feed them and provide habitat. We do and have been enjoying lots of babies this spring.

[Anonymous]

We do put out bird food but the kind with red hot peppers in it, otherwise the squirrels get it.