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For the Birds
The feathered friends on your holiday gift list would like nothing more than to find their favorite foods in your backyard this winter. The secret of attracting wild birds to your feeding stations is to provide the foods they like best and to put them in the right places, says Ranger Rick's Nature Magazine.
Just as some birds would rather eat suet than nuts, many birds prefer to eat on the ground rather than from hanging feeders.
The National Wildlife Federation’s monthly publication for children offers these guidelines for providing a variety of wintering birds with the right foods in the right places:
Ground Feeders include blue jays, sparrows, juncos. quail, mourning doves, pheasants, chickadees, and house finches.
Their favorite foods are sunflower seeds, cracked corn (inexpensive, but will also attract starlings, grackles, and pigeons), wild bird seed mix, and peanuts.
Feeders can be split fireplace logs (flatside up), hubcaps (for food or water), garbage can lids, trays, shallow pans, or birdbath tops (for water).
Tabletop or Window Feeders include cardinals, goldfinches, grosbeaks, chickadees, house finches, redpolls, purple finches, mockingbirds, and jays.
Their favorite foods are sunflower seeds, shelled peanuts, wild bird seed mix, raisins, and currants.
Feeders can be trays placed on picnic tables, benches, or stumps, or attached to windowsills.
Hanging or High High Post Feeders include cardinals, chickadees, goldfinches or other finches, pine siskins, redpolls, titmice, and nuthatches.
Their favorite foods are niger or thistle seeds, sunflower seeds, wild bird seed mix, and peanut hearts or other nutmeats.
Feeders can be plastic tube feeders, round or square post feeders (some shaped like little houses), or recycled milk cartons, detergent, or bleach bottles, which have been cut open for easy access.
Trunk Feeders include chickadees, woodpeckers, nuthatches, and many seedeating birds.
Their favorite foods are suet or suet cakes, which can be mixed with peanut butter, seeds, and other treats.
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