Backyard Bird Safety For Your Feathered Friends and Interesting Bird Tips for Bird Safety

Discover ways to your backyard bird safety when feeding your feathered friends.

I really enjoy feeding the birds that fly into our backyard oasis. unfortunately, this year the Red Tailed Hawks were back, albeit for a limited amount of time. When the hawks arrive, the song birds are no where to be seen.

We also have an issue with the 'bandit'...our raccoon. This pesky creature roams our backyard at night and manages to knock down our bird feeders from the evergreen trees. And people wonder why I don't have fish in our ponds.

So, if you are like us and enjoy bird watching, follow some of the tips below when considering bird feeders:

Keep in mind feeders also present potential risks, such as window collisions, predation, and exposure to disease. Following are some topics and tips for safely attracting and feeding birds. Location of your bird feeder is key. There are things to consider:

• windows collisions
• prowling cats
• squirrels

You can locate feeders at different levels. For instance sparrows, juncos, and towhees usually feed on the ground, while finches and cardinals feed in shrubs, and chickadees and woodpeckers feed in trees.

You can provide table-like feeders for ground feeding birds, hopper or tube feeders for shrub and treetop feeders, and suet feeders well off the ground for woodpeckers, nuthatches, and chickadees.

You can protect birds from window collisions by placing feeders within three feet of windows. Mobiles and opaque decorations hanging outside windows help prevent bird strikes.

You can keep cats indoors.

The above information is courtesy of the Audubon Society. For further information on backyard bird safety or to find information on:

• choosing a feeder
• selecting seeds for your feeder
• maintaining your feeder

Please visit Audubon Society for further information.

While bird feeding benefits birds, it also provides great bird watching from your own backyard. My son-in-law, Adam, can attest to that.

The obvious time to feed birds is in winter when natural food supplies are scarce; however, Adam tells me that many additional species visit his feeders during the spring (some for only a day) and of course fall migrations. Because he provides adequate, safe shelter and food, many of the species stay in his backyard during summer while nesting.

All bird images on this page were taken by my son-in-law, Adam Rasmussen who is an avid bird watcher and bird feeder. The location is 'his very own backyard in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada'! Click on the images to enlarge.

Manitoba Birds

To keep birds coming back to your feeders in any season provide them with the following three essential elements:

• Variety of quality bird seed.
• Fresh water for drinking and bathing (either water bird baths or sand bird baths).
• Backyard bird safety - ample cover, preferably provided by native plants. Native plants also provide potential nesting sites and a source of natural food.

Great product....Dried Fruit Tenders Mixture for Birds

Birds flying to feeder

For more Manitoba Bird images click Images to view Adam's amazing pictures.

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