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A Seed Tray Can Create More Feeding Space
It doesn’t matter if it’s pole-mounted under a feeder, or attached to a hanging feeder, a seed tray offers many benefits to both wild birds and their human feeding friends alike!
First, you’ll eliminate the mess below the bird feeder. If on a deck or patio, this is a huge help. If the feeder is in the garden, the seed tray will catch fallen seed to eliminate those ugly, sprouting weeds from popping up, and the dreaded dead patches of grass.
For feathered friends, you’ll be creating an extra feeding space, and may get to see some different species who won’t actually perch at the feeder itself to eat. You’ll save money in the long run too with less birdseed going to waste.
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Some Forums Better than Bird Books
Recently I was milling through some birding forums, and was pleasantly surprised to find some great information there! I mean real, useful, and practical tips for backyard birders.
Here’s a great idea you won’t find in bird books:
A person wrote of a great solution to the too-well known problem with tube feeders. The seed condenses and clogs at the bottom…happens all the time. This person took their bird feeder apart and placed a few ping pong balls in the bottom. Sounds kinda crazy but solves the problem of clogged tube feeders!
The seed disperses around the balls instead of clumping up at the bottom of the feeder…genius!
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Bird Field Guides are Best on the Table
Whether bird watching in the wild or in your backyard, it’s human nature and simple curiosity to know the species you’re actually viewing. So many wild birds look alike, with the tiniest markings which differentiate the species. Wing bars, eye lines, beak length and color, and tail length are just a few common identifiers. It’s easy to mistake a black capped chickadee for a nuthatch, and the same for so many of the warblers.
Bird Field Guides can easily answer any question as to which species you might be seeing. Indexed and well organized, they’re full of great photos and pertinent information on just about every wild bird species out there. So whether on a field trip, or watching from the breakfast room window, it’s really handy to keep a field guide close by for that special or new bird that you may glimpse and marvel at its beauty.
These books make excellent and lasting gifts for any birding enthusiast too!
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