Birdfeeders

Because they reduce light levels, clouds blocking the sun tend to diminish the dawn chorus of bird songs and hasten the end of the day songs. However, during the middle of the day there is much more activity around bird feeders as birds don’t need to seek shelter from the midday sun. During these colder times, it is very helpful to birds to offer suet, which is just fat, to supply extra energy. Our suet feeders are especially popular on cloudy cold days as birds stock up for the cold nights. Birds are quite tolerant of wind and rain unless it is an especially strong storm. Our suet feeders, tube feeders, hopper feeders and all other bird feeders are busy all day long on these cold winter days. It is important to continue filling bird feeders during these cold periods, for the birds we have drawn to our yards will immediately leave an empty feeder in search of a new food supply. We don’t want “our” birds moving to someone else’s full bird feeders!