How to Attract Birds to your Bird Feeder
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In order to attract the wild bird species you would like to your bird feeder you will need to provide a suitable feeder and food to attract them. Different birds will need different types of feeder. Larger bird will need a sturdy feeder with large perches, hummingbirds will need a nectar feeder, finches will be attracted to thistle seeds in a thistle feeder. There are even specially designed feeders for different species e.g. woodpecker feeders, goldfinch feeders and jay feeders.
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Feeders suitable for the type of feed you are offering are listed below:
- Tube feeder – thistle or other small seeds
- Platform feeder – fruit or special food types
- Hummingbird feeder – nectar
- Mesh cage feeder (squirrel proof) – suet, peanuts, larger seeds
- Standard feeder – sunflower seeds, safflower seeds
Food suitable for different species is listed below.
- Bluebird Cornmeal with peanut butter added, bluebird seed available to purchase.
- Bunting Small seeds & grains.
- Blackbirds Small seeds & grains, breadcrumbs
- Chickadee Unsalted nuts, suet, safflower seeds, sunflower seeds
- Finches Thistle (Niger) seeds, black sunflower Seeds.
- Jay Peanuts, corn ,suet, sunflower
- Mourning Dove sunflower and safflower seeds, wheat, milo and cracked corn seeds
- Mockingbird Bread, raisins, suet
- Robin Apples, raisins and breadcrumbs
- Northern Shrike Suet.
- Siskin Thistle seeds, sunflower seeds.
- Thrasher Bread, raisins, suet
- Towhee Bird seed mixtures for small birds
- Woodpecker sunflower and safflower seeds, wheat, milo and cracked corn seeds
- Warblers Peanut butter, suet (although usually insect eaters)
- Townsend’s Warblers Peanut butter, suet, cheese
- Yellow Throated Warbler Breadcrumbs.
Choose your bird feeder and type of food carefully and you will attract the wild birds that you would like in your garden.