Best window bird feeder for winter cracked#
Corn is OK, especially cracked for the bigger birds. Nyjer seed is great for finches if you have a fine mesh bag feeder. These are full of fat and come in chips, whole and with shells. All birds seem to love black sunflower seeds. This lets chickadees, titmice and finches have more room on the hanging feeder at head height.įavorite foods can also be used for separate species. Woodpeckers and nuthatches love suet feeders hung close to trunks. Sparrows and juncos will eat at ground level. A table feeder will result in grosbeaks and jays (and magpies). It can also help separate species somewhat to further minimize spreading diseases. How about once or twice a month?Īs I suggested last week, placement can influence which birds you attract. Clean with bleach, and not just at the start of the season. Treat yours like you would a shelf infected with coronavirus. But it seems the consensus is that it is OK to feed birds, provided you do so properly. There is a concern about attracting birds into a concentrated area that we can all readily understand: They can’t mask up (but all gardeners can and must), so diseases can spread. This is a fair point, and it caused me to pause, do a bit of reading and weigh pros and cons.
Maintaining trees and shrubs really is for the birds.Īnyhow, let me address these questions, first with a nod to one reader’s suggestion that artificially attracting any wildlife to the yard is wrong. I did not expect to get so many comments on a column about feeding birds, something I view as an integral part of yardening. Bird feeder placement as well as the kind of seeds you use can influence which birds you'll attract.
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