Great Bird Feeders for Your Feathered Friends and Interesting Bird Tips for Bird Safety

Did you know that over 100 North American bird species supplement their natural diets with birdseed, suet, fruit and nectar obtained from bird feeders?

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).
Ample cover, preferably provided by native plants. Native plants also provide potential nesting sites and a source of natural food.

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Birds flying to feeder

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 the above or to find information on:

choosing a feeder
selecting seeds for your feeder
maintaining your feeder

Please visit Audubon Society for further information.

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

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Birds and Blooms

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