Shelter Your Winter Birds

This winter may be a mild one so far for many backyard birders, but the recent northern cold snap and late season storms can be dangerous, even fatal, to birds. Fortunately, it is easy to attract birds with shelter, and there are many types of shelter that can be provided to help winter birds, including:

• Bird Roost Boxes
• Brush Piles
• Convertible Bird Houses
• Bird Roost Pockets
• Evergreen Trees

I'm happy to have good evergreen shrubs in my yard that provide daily shelter for sparrows, finches and quail, and I'm planning additional bird-shelter landscaping this spring. What winter shelter do you provide to your backyard birds? Share your tips in the comments!

Winter Sparrow
Photo © Melissa Mayntz