More Articles: General Bird Garden Advice
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(ARA) - Bird watching continues to be a favorite American pastime enjoyed by young and old alike. What better way to relax and spend time together as a family or to teach children about nature than by sitting back and enjoying all the beautiful birds that might visit your yard?
Imagine sitting inside on a winter morning, and hearing a beautifully colored bird outside you window. Or, seeing your first Robin of the spring, as it flew to your feeder. Then there was another and another, until you had a chorus of wonderful music outside. Gardens can be designed and grown for the enjoyment of local wildlife as well as your own enjoyment. A backyard wildlife sanctuary can attract a continuous variety of birds throughout the seasons. Birds and butterflies are the most popular all wildlife to attract. They are also quite easy to attract, if you provide their food, water, cover, and shelter.
(ARA) - This year, over 60 million Americans will strap on their binoculars and grab their field book to do a bit of bird watching. An activity many consider a sport, bird watching, or birding as it is commonly known, is now the single largest hobby on the North American continent. Whether your passion for birds takes you into the backyard or out into the field, a complete field guide is a must-have on any outing.
We've got our feeders set up, filled with a variety of seeds, such as sunflower, safflower, & millet; thistle or nyger for the finches; suet and peanut feeders for woodpeckers. But what about the birds that aren't visiting our feeders?
Feeding our backyard birds is a great source of pleasure for those of us who enjoy watching these beautiful creatures. There are basically four types of feeders that are used for feeding and will attract the most birds throughout the year.
(ARA) - Birds bring year-round enjoyment to a lot of people -- but wintertime can be a particularly trying time for them. Gardeners and bird-lovers alike can make life a little easier for our feathered friends this winter by providing some of their basic needs: food, shelter and water.
The bird-lovers at Garden Artisans offer the following guidance for enjoying birds in your backyard all year long.
