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Attract More Finches to Your Thistle Feeder
Encourage finches and other small songbirds to take up residence in your yard!
If you feed nyjer, or thistle seed, you’re most likely attracting gold finches, house and purple finches, red polls, pine siskins and possibly buntings (depending on the area)
It’s best to keep your thistle feeder out year round to enjoy the vibrant colors of birds in warmer months. Finches and others will also benefit greatly from a dependable food source during frigid winter months.
Another way to entice finches and keep them around your yard is with nesting material. Cotton nesting balls are a wonderful way to encourage songbirds to nest in your yard, provided there is adequate shelter like mature trees, or brush and thickets.
Add a water source to this equation, and you’ve created a wildlife habitat! Food, water and shelter are all it takes to attract songbirds and help them to thrive and flourish. So get ready for the next nesting season with your thistle feeder, by adding water and shelter for finches and other songbirds.
You’ll be amazed at what a few effective wild bird accessories can do!
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Keep Thistle Feeders Out Year-Round
American Goldfinches are one of the favorite backyard songbirds. They are admired for their gentle disposition, vibrant yellow color, sweet song, and graceful flight. It has earned the nickname of “wild canary” but the fact is, Goldfinches aren’t yellow consistently throughout the year.
As trees begin to turn with fall color, so does the molting process for Goldfinches. They begin to replace their tattered and worn feathers with a nice, new set! The color change in males is most noticeable, as the vibrant yellow hue is replaced with the dull, brownish color of new feathers, and their little black cap disappears. Females also molt, but their appearance doesn’t change too much.
The dull, winter feathers of Goldfinches will not stop them from flocking to thistle feeders. If you keep them filled all year, you’ll be rewarded with wonderful, vibrant colors in warmer months!
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Try A Seed Tray to Prevent Ground Mess
A versatile little wild bird accessory, the seed tray is usually overlooked and under estimated!If you’re tired of the mess below bird feeders, including sprouting weeds, take a closer look at this. A seed tray that is adjustable to any hanging bird feeder. Available in two sizes: a 16-inch diameter for globe shape or tube feeders hung from poles or shepherds hooks, and a 30-inch diameter for larger hanging feeders. They’re called SeedHoops, and are made from durable PVC mesh and nylon.
The great thing about this type of seed tray is that it actually “adds an extra feeder” by creating a platform where spilled seed accumulates. Additional birds who may not eat from the feeder itself will venture onto this generous feeding area to feast on spilled birdseed. By saving seed, you save money too!
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A versatile little wild bird accessory, the seed tray is usually overlooked and under estimated!