Use bird accessories to successfully attract more feathered friends to your yard!

There are many ways to attract your favorite songbirds other than typical birdhouses or bird feeders.  These are great ways to provide food and shelter, but there’s much more you can easily do to create “bird-friendly” habitat.

Adding a fresh water source to your yard is very beneficial, if you can create a moving water source…even better! Moving water is like a visual magnet to wild birds.  Using a birdbath mister or dripper will absolutely attract more species to your yard.

Another great item, is nesting material, as it’s used by both cavity dwelling birds and birds who don’t use birdhouses. You can even make your own nesting material by using items from around the house, such us dryer lint, cotton yarns and strings, pet hair, and moss. Simply collect these items and place in a mesh produce bag like the kind from the grocery store. The one shown above hangs in our yard, and contains horse tail hair, The birds have really gone to town on it!

Bird accessories need not be expensive to have an impact in your yard.  Drippers can be made by using milk jugs with tiny pin holes, hung up above your bird bath.  See what’s out there and modify it for a home-made version, you’ll be seeing more feathered friends in your new found habitat!