More Tips For Your Flying Visitors

A couple more tips in attracting friendly fliers to your backyard:

Spraying...
Do not spray pesticides ion your lawn. What this does is kill all the insects in your lawn and mulch. These insects are the base of food for your friendly fliers and keep them coming back for more.

Trimming...
Don't trim your trees and bushes heavily in the early Spring. This will leave the berries, which attract the birds. If you trim heavily then their will be no berries and the friendly fliers will not come.

Cover...
Birds like to move around restlessly between tree branches and like to have areas where they can hide if they feel threatened.

Food...
When your fruit trees are in full bloom you will see birds that eat fruit. When your plants are blooming you will see birds that eat the insects since flowers attract the insects.

As you can see their are several little things that can be done to help attract friendly fliers for your bird watching enjoyment.

Tips to Keep Bird Feeders Clean

Bird feeding is very popular for people. While feeding birds brings bird watching enjoyment many people forget about keeping the feeder clean. Birds will come to a clean bird feeder more often than a dirty one.

On a periodic basis take a wearing rubber gloves use a stiff brush with a mixture of water and mild dish detergent. You will want to scrub the feeder thoroughly making sure to remove all the old debris. Once this is done mix mix warm water some bleach and wash the feeder. This will kill any germs. Then dry off the feeder if possible before placing new bird seed in the feeder.

While cleaning the bird feeder is important don't forget to clean the area beneath the feeder. For the seed scattered on the ground it will be necessary to shovel or rake up the left over seed. if this is not done on a consistent basis the bird food will begin to rot and mold will develop.

Location of bird feeders are best if they are placed under a roof. This will keep rain and snow out and help with preventing of rotting and developing mold. Granted this reular upkeep is not a great job, but it will keep your friendly fliers coming back.