Birdfeeders

When natural food supplies decrease and temperatures drop, birds will be much more interested in your bird feeders. Now is the time to stock up on the foods most birds like best. Birds are most attracted to foods that offer the greatest nutrition and most calories to give birds plenty of energy to build fat reserves to survive cold winter nights. Of course, the first and most basic offering is black oil sunflower seeds. They will attract the widest range of birds and are easily offered in hopper bird feeders, platform feeders or tube bird feeders. So many birds love these That we have them in a platform feeder and also in a large tube feeder and both are busy most of the day during cold weather. If you want to avoid the mess of empty shells below the bird feeders, you can use sunflower chips but they are more expensive. Suet offers the highest calorie content and during the winter doesn’t have melting issues. In our yard, it is not as popular as seed, but many people find it to be a great draw. In areas that have lots of snow, suet is quite popular. All finches love nyjer seed and our thistle (nyjer) feeder is always busy with many birds in nearby shrubs waiting to get to it. Nyjer is another oily seed that offers a high fat content. These are the basics for a successful winter feed station.