Spring Is a Long Time Away
Saturday December 27, 2008
Santa (aka my husband) was good to me and the birds over the holidays, and I now have new tube feeders, a bird bath heater and other birding supplies to enjoy. The mistake many birders make with holiday gifts, however, is that they enjoy them indoors instead of making them immediately available to the birds during the winter. Spring is a long time away, and birds can use those new supplies now.A new feeder will offer even more seed for birds when food is scarce, and novelty seed balls, bells and wreaths are rich in fats and oils that provide essential calories for birds to keep warm. Place a new birdhouse outdoors now so birds can become accustomed to it before breeding season. Put up those new window clings to help birds avoid glass collisions when they’re chased by winter’s hungry hawks. By letting the birds enjoy your new birding supplies right away, you will have an even bigger, happier flock to enjoy this spring.
Birdseed Ball
Photo © Melissa Mayntz
Comments
Hey I found some great bird houses and feeders at bowenbirdhouses.com I gave one to my grandma and one to my mom they absolutly loved them!!!!
That is very true–I always feed the birds more in winter than spring and summer, alto’ I do not stop in the nicer months, just slow down a little. WBU sell some very nice “wreaths” made of nuts, seeds, and dried cranberries. I usually buy a few and also suet is very good (so many varieties now that don’t melt when it’s warm at all) for winter visitors, too. That’s how I drew my first Carolina wrens and tree sparrows…