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Hold More with a Hopper Bird Feeder
Backyard birding certainly entails some chores! Attracting wild birds requires some effort with filling feeders, maintaining houses, and keeping birdbaths clean.
If you enjoy feeding wild birds, but sometimes get tired with the frequency of filling feeders…fret no more! Large capacity bird feeders are the answer. In general, a hopper bird feeder will hold more seed, they’re desgned to do just that.
You can spend less time filling and more time watching with a large capacity feeder. This double hopper feeder holds 7 quarts of sunflower or mixed seed. They’re even available in recycled materials, and built to last a lifetime. By investing in a few quality bird accessories, you’ll ultimately enhance your bird watching experiences.
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Both Bluebird Houses are Finally Occupied!
In my yard I have three bluebird houses, that were for the longest time, vacant. They are pole mounted and all have squirrel baffles below the house for protection from predators. The bluebirds use and enjoy the multiple birdbaths around the yard, but I think the reason they decided to finally take up residence is….the meal worms!
Back in early spring I put up a new bluebird feeder and tried a few types of food. Nothing seemed to work, and I was really bummed at having spent good money on a recycled bluebird feeder, a new pole and yet another baffle. (The squirrels are just ridiculous in my yard-even though they have plent to eat too!)
Then I found a company where bulk mealworms could be purchased, so an order for 10,000 mealworms was placed with overnight delivery. That’s all it took! The bluebirds wait for me each morning to put their worms in the feeder, and the action starts. It’s great to watch them, and the effort has paid off because there are nests in all three bluebird houses.
Is it any wonder that all my critters (inside and outside) eat better than me?
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Add a Dripper to a Mosaic Bird Bath
Moving water will entice and attract more wild birds to your yard!
These days, several reasonably priced items that create moving water are available for you to add to a birdbath. We have an old mosaic bird bath that has a copper dripper in it, and birds flock to it! Hummingbirds can be seen bathing under the “drips” when larger birds aren’t around.
Other easy ways of adding moving include water wigglers and leaf misters. Butterflies and warblers enjoy the fine mist, and are seen daily at our two misters.
The misters are versatile and can be used in a birdbath, staked in the ground, or hung from the deck or front porch, like we use ours. Add moving water to your habitat and watch the tremendous increase in wild bird species and their numbers. Another advantage of having moving water in your bird bath is that mosquitoes can not lay their eggs…just can’t happen in moving water.
So now you’ve seen some moving water in our own yard, maybe that’s why bird food must be rationed…they eat us out of house and home! Hope you’ve gotten some aquatic ideas for your feathered friends too, they’ll surely appreciate it!
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