Why aren't birds visiting my feeder?
What food attracts Wild Birds?
Why aren't birds visiting my feeder? It can be as simple as they have not found it yet because it can take days or weeks for them to discover this new food. Also what kind of bird feeder and food? You can provide the three main types of food. 1) Black oil sunflower seed is the best for the widest range of birds, like Chickadees and Cardinals. 2) Nyjer or thistle is for Goldfinches. 3) Suet for many Woodpeckers, Nuthatches and Wrens.
How to Chose Deck Bird Feeder Poles
What are Types of Deck Poles?
Deck Railings and Posts are what determines the styles of Deck Poles that can be used. There are 3 different mount styles: screw, clamp and baluster. Backyard Wild Birds has a large selection of Deck Bird Feeder Poles that work with different styles. Deck Poles are useful to hang bird feeders off of a deck and give a close up view of backyard wild birds. There are many choices on which Bird Feeders to use on these poles. It depends on what type of seed or food you would like to use to attract specific types of wild birds. See Birding FAQ article on the many different Deck Bird Feeder Poles Styles.
How Do I Identify Wild Birds?
What can I use to Identify Wild Birds?
Field Guides are an excellent way to look up and identify the Songbirds. Stokes Beginner's Guide To for Eastern and Stokes Beginner's Guide to Bird Feeding are two of the finest bird guide books to identify and start learning about wild birds. From the easy to use color coding to the more than 130 gorgeous full color photos in the Eastern, the Stokes guides are factually, visually, and organizationally superior to other books you can buy.
Are there APPS that Identify Birds?
Cornell Lab of Ornithology is an excellent birding resource that has an APP Merlin Bird ID . It a very easy to use interface and likes to gather info about the birds location and also can take a picture of the bird. It’s an almost universal feeling: the thrill of hearing a mysterious new bird song. And it’s usually followed up by the question: What was that bird? Merlin Bird ID has expanded to cover more than 1,300 species across parts of the Americas, Europe (Western Palearctic), and India.
Winter Wild Bird Treats
Amazingly wild birds are all around us even throughout winter. True, some do migrate like Hummingbirds but there is still a good variety who stay behind. They are one of nature’s success stories with a direct line to the Dinosaurs. They do however appreciate a helping hand in winter and you can make their lives a little easier with some special treats. Besides you would like to have them brighten up your winter days too, wouldn’t you? Here are some ideas to keep them coming to see you.
Suet Great High Energy Bird Treat
Squirrel Proof Suet Duo Bird Feeder above is a squirrel, grackle and starling proof suet feeder. The Suet Feeder has a metal wire cage with roof and hanging ring. Its outside cage has 1.5" openings which is large enough to let only songbirds through. The protective roof keeps the suet out of the sun and weather. Can be a very easy to fill feeder with two suet cakes. Hang on a tree or bird feeder pole and have no worries about squirrels or large birds from reaching suet cakes. Feeder attracts clinging birds such as Woodpeckers, Nuthatches and more. Durable metal construction has a weather-resistant finish.
Bird Feeder Pole with Bird feeders
Birding Made Simple on Great Pole Systems
This is example of Bird Feeder Poles with sample
Bird Feeders that can make a up complete system that is ready to use right away. This great system incorporates a
Squirrel Stopper Pro
pole with pole squirrel baffle, many different Bird Feeders with clear hanging
Bird Feeder Baffles above them.
Can't you just see this bird feeder in your backyard? It is designed to attract the most song birds while the poles inverted pole baffle keeps its bird feeders squirrel proof and raccoon proof.
Squirrel Proof Bird Feeders FAQ
What To Do About Squirrels?
This blog is about posting FAQ's with answers on Backyard Wild Birds. That is, we will post questions that we receive from 'Contact Us' that may also benefit others and help us all enjoy backyard birding a little more. A main focus will be Squirrel Proof Bird Feeders and Raccoon Proof Bird Feeders but will include everything from bird baths to birdhouses.Another section filled with Birding Info contains very useful information.
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