Wild Backyard Bird Watching
When you buy a backyard bird feeder, consider one made from recycled plastic milk jugs, recycled resin or glass. We ourselves use these and have since given up all of our wooden feeders, The recycled products are so much easier to clean and do not rot. You can also use a mild bleach and water mix on them which makes life easier! Never use bleach on metal parts, though!! Environmentally friendly bird items which will last longer than wood. These great products are made of durable recycled plastic, which is four times stronger than their wood counterparts. Theses feeders and bird houses will not fade, flake, rot, crack, chip or warp.
People who love nature and wildlife, and particularly those who have an pastime if and take delight from watching and discovering birds, would not wittingly act in a fashion harmful to them. Yet, each day we accidentally do precisely that, since we don't stop to consider the effects of our actions.
Wire Mesh Backyard Bird Feeders -
Deck Rail or Wall Mount Hangers, Arms - Deck rail mounts, arms and crooks along with wall hangers for feeders, bird houses or even plants.
Poles, Posts & Baffles - Posts, poles, baffles, shepherds crooks, hooks and arms. Lots of stuff for hanging and mounting bird feeders along with squirrel and raccoon baffles.
Poles, Posts Systems - Hangers, add on arms, shepherds crooks and poles, ready made pole systems and some with built in baffles. A huge selection!
Gardening for the Birds
Wood ducks, woodpeckers and kestrels rely on cavities for nesting places -- and we are all for for breeding of those species! Chickadees, nuthatches and titmice find the softer wood of an old snag easier to hollow for nesting holes. If you're worried about the visual aspect of a snag or stump plant some grasses and flowers at the foot in order to preen it up.
Think about it, there are additional ways to attract songbirds birds to your yard than hanging feeders. The add-on of a snag or stump can bring many new pleasing species of birds for you to love.
Think about several additional species of birds that are in peril today because of habitat loss. Go nearly anyplace in the country and you'll see miles and miles of intensely cultured crops. Small family farms have all but vanished and not a fence row in sight. Thus, we have a drastic loss of natural habitat.
The fence rows that once contributed much needed habitat of a mixture of wild bird species are no longer. They allowed for vital habitat for food, shelter and concealing places. Birds look for the cover of a fence row as an alternative of flying directly over open fields. Pheasants evade predators by ducking into the thickets below a fence row. Many songbirds like cardinals, chickadees and sparrows eat on the seeds and fruits that a fence row supplies.
The expiration of habitat of all varieties is a grievous threat to birds and other wildlife, and as individuals there is little we can do about the loss of woods and fields from housing and new roads. But fence rows are a different story. Building a fence row is not an consuming project, and if you have place think about making one. It can be as easy as arranging fence posts every 20' down a plowed strip, stringing wire or twine about 3' high between posts for the birds to perch on. Bird droppings are full of possible seeds and plants, and they grow as quick as the seeds you plant.
Make a hedgerow by setting some crab apple, grapevine or blackberries and a few conifers. Add a few asters, goldenrod, or fox weed and collect rocks and stones for added cover. By the mere practice of leaving snags and stumps, or constructing a fence row on your place, you will promote wildlife. Both you and the wildlife will harvest the rewards. Now all you have to do is sit back and heighten your bird identification skills as you watch your new birds.
Plants for Backyard Birds
American Robins - Hackberry trees, hollies, cedars, mulberry trees, sumacs, blackberries, viburnums, grasses, serviceberries, bittersweet, persimmon, Russian olive, black gum, virginia creeper, pyracantha, roses, blackberries, elderberries, crab apples
Chickadees - Pine trees, birch, hemlock trees, viburnums, sunflowers, bayberries
Jays - Oak trees, wild cherries, wild grapes, viburnums, blackberries, blueberries, mulberry trees, hollies, sunflowers, fringe tree, dogwoods, persimmon, American beech, black gum, sumac, crab apples
Juncos - Pine trees, firs, honeysuckle, birches, sumacs, hemlock trees, roses, millet, sweet gum
Downy Woodpeckers - Oak trees, mountain ash, dogwoods, service berries, virginia creeper
Eastern Bluebirds - Dogwoods, sumacs, cedars, hackberries, virginia creepers, hollies, chokeberry, cotoneaster, dogwood, Russian olive, huckleberry, crab apple, mulberry, bayberry, rose, pyracantha, blueberries, grapes, viburnum
Mourning Doves - Sunflowers, pines, spruce, grasses, millet, sweet gum, pokeberry
Cardinals - Hollies, hackberry trees, dogwoods, mulberry trees, sumacs, viburnums, hawthorn, sunflowers, lantana, sweet gum, magnolias, pokeberries, black cherries, pyracantha, roses, blackberries, dewberries
Mockingbirds - Hackberry trees, hollies, cedars, mulberry trees, sumacs, viburnums, bayberries, dogwoods, serviceberry, hawthorns, persimmon, Russian olive, huckleberry, plum, privet, honeysuckle, black gum, virginia creeper, cherry laurel, cherry, blueberry, pyracantha
Northern Orioles - Mulberry trees, highbush blueberry, maple, serviceberry, black cherry, bradford flowering pear, blackberries, dewberries, elderberries, grapes, honeysuckle
Pine Siskins - Pine trees, spruce, cedar trees, birch, alders, maples, honeysuckle, sunflowers, sweet gum, American elm
Red-breasted Nuthatches - Pine trees, spruce, firs
Rufous-sided Towhees - Hollies, oaks, cherries, blackberries, strawberries, apple trees, bayberries, pines, blueberries, mulberries, huckleberries, sunflowers, crab apples, wax myrtle, millet, grapes, sweet gum
Stellar's Jays - Pine trees, oaks, elderberries, dogwoods, wild cherries
Summer Tanagers - Mulberry trees, blackberries, wild cherries, black gum, dogwoods, elderberries, grapes, pokeberries
Tufted Titmice - Hackberry trees, mulberry trees, pine trees, sunflowers, oaks, wild grapes, crab apples, black gum, blackberries, virginia creeper
White-breasted Nuthatches - Oaks, sunflowers, pine trees, maple trees, beech trees
Yellow-rumped Warblers - Sunflowers, honeysuckle, viburnums, pine, sumac, cedar, dogwoods, strawberries, American elm, Ashe juniper, virginia creeper, American beech, wax myrtle
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