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!
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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!

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:

Anonymous wrote:

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

Nonsense.

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

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.

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 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.

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.

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.

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.

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.