Regardless if you live in the city or the country you can make your yard a paradise for bird watching. By choosing and placing feeders and houses at strategic locations in your lawn or garden you will begin to attract a range of birds. There are numerous styles, shapes, sizes and colors of feeders and houses that will make your decision-making difficult, will be sure to be an curious addition to your lawn or garden.
Bird Feeders
In attracting birds you first need to know what type of birds are tasteless for the area in which you live. This explore will help you conclude what kind of birdseed to purchase. When locating a bird feeder in your lawn or garden you need to make sure they are strategically settled in order to attract your feathered friends for your watching pleasure. Depending on the size of your yard you may wish to setup more than one feeder.
The placement of the feeder will be decided by where you spend your time watching these kindly fliers. If you spend your time on your deck then you will want it settled nearby. There are a range of places where your feeder can be located, such as on the top of a pole, fence, wall or your porch or deck. Depending on the dissimilar species you have, and if you place more than one feeder you can fill your feeders with settle on food that will attract single birds to a feeder. Feeders usually come with the mounting hardware. Feeders make everybody happy. The birds enjoy a meal and you enjoy some relaxing bird watching.
Bird Houses
Again as in choosing feeders you need to think the size of your lawn or garden when choosing one or more houses. You don't want to get your lawn or garden overcrowded with kindly flier attractions. The choosing of houses will depend on type of birds gift in your area.
Houses of old were more apt to be made of wood, such as a beach house, a bungalow with a thatched roof or church where today you can find more houses made of poly resin and molded into dissimilar shapes, such as a bear, a horse or even a crocodile. In choosing a house for your kindly fliers you need to make sure it is well ventilated, has a slanted roof and holes in the floor for water drainage. You also want to make sure the house doesn't have a perch in Case larger birds are stalking the smaller birds and wait for them to come out. A house should make your kindly fliers feel safe and gather and give them a place to raise their young.
Another attracting item is water. An area for drinking and a bird bath close to the feeders is a good idea. Baths come in dissimilar styles and this would be something to check into as well for your watching enjoyment. These additions will make your kindly fliers feel right at home in your backyard
