Attract More Birds: Bird Houses, Baths, and Feeders Explained
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I've found that if I provide a dedicated squirrel feeder filled with corn, which is a bit cheaper than even bulk black sunflower seeds, right where its convenient for them, right on the main trunk of a tree, that they take the easy way out and tend to leave the feeders alone. Squirrels can be as much fun to watch as the birds, sometimes.
Date: 2022-07-18
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BeeFriendlyApiary
Even more important is planting for pollinators! Do you know the failure rate for honeybees in USA is now over 50%? Some states like here in Maryland, the failure rate of honeybees is 65%. the lack of forage is directly responsible for the massive loss of native bees and honeybees. Another clear indicator is state honey production. in the early 1900s, Iowa had a honey production rate of over 300 pounds per colony and now it's about 40-50 pounds. that's a massive cut in productivity due to lack of available forage! AWESOME VIDEO! You must live up in Hillcrest area or near the park? I grew up out there in Clairemont where my parents still live. the environment has changed drastically since when I was a kid back in the early 70s.
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Even more important is planting for pollinators! Do you know the failure rate for honeybees in USA is now over 50%? Some states like here in Maryland, the failure rate of honeybees is 65%. the lack of forage is directly responsible for the massive loss of native bees and honeybees. Another clear indicator is state honey production. in the early 1900s, Iowa had a honey production rate of over 300 pounds per colony and now it's about 40-50 pounds. that's a massive cut in productivity due to lack of available forage! AWESOME VIDEO! You must live up in Hillcrest area or near the park? I grew up out there in Clairemont where my parents still live. the environment has changed drastically since when I was a kid back in the early 70s.
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Love
We actually hang ceramic bird houses from shepherds hooks near our garden and one on our shed with the one inch diameter hole. We get house wrens every year, probably the same families come back year after year. Its fun to watch them build and catch winged predators from our garden. The mother house wren I'm assuming is singing to us all the time. she gets really close to me in the garden and is very happy there. We have a pond with a running waterfall for them so they are spoiled. I love to here her babies when they are hungry and to wait for them to Fletch their nest when its time. They also like the home-made gourd bird houses hung in trees as well. Thanks for all you do Good luck with your Wren family: )
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We actually hang ceramic bird houses from shepherds hooks near our garden and one on our shed with the one inch diameter hole. We get house wrens every year, probably the same families come back year after year. Its fun to watch them build and catch winged predators from our garden. The mother house wren I'm assuming is singing to us all the time. she gets really close to me in the garden and is very happy there. We have a pond with a running waterfall for them so they are spoiled. I love to here her babies when they are hungry and to wait for them to Fletch their nest when its time. They also like the home-made gourd bird houses hung in trees as well. Thanks for all you do Good luck with your Wren family: )
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Chayla
I have been wanting to get supplies (feeders, bathes, nests) for my birds and squirrels! There is absolutely no way that I could trap, kill, or deter them; my yard is a natural haven in the south with a massive pecan tree looming over the yard. They will come back because of that tree alone! I figure two things will work: fattening them up on delicious seeds and fruits AND/OR attracting more raptors, which also spend much of their time around my property. I believe this doesnt make sense for some so Im skeptical still on spending the $ as our fruit hasnt been touched. yet.
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I have been wanting to get supplies (feeders, bathes, nests) for my birds and squirrels! There is absolutely no way that I could trap, kill, or deter them; my yard is a natural haven in the south with a massive pecan tree looming over the yard. They will come back because of that tree alone! I figure two things will work: fattening them up on delicious seeds and fruits AND/OR attracting more raptors, which also spend much of their time around my property. I believe this doesnt make sense for some so Im skeptical still on spending the $ as our fruit hasnt been touched. yet.
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DIYWithDara
Awesome! thanks so much for making this video! Im in san diego too! out in national city/spring valley area. My oldest son and i grow a what could considered to be by MOST a FORREST of sunflowers every year (to the envy of most of our neighbors) and JUST bought a really cool bird house like yours! I needed to figure out where to place it so that we could get some of our bird visitors to come hang out! lol. This was very helpful! (you look like your in the PB/la jolla area) that street looks familiar haha great vid! ; )
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Awesome! thanks so much for making this video! Im in san diego too! out in national city/spring valley area. My oldest son and i grow a what could considered to be by MOST a FORREST of sunflowers every year (to the envy of most of our neighbors) and JUST bought a really cool bird house like yours! I needed to figure out where to place it so that we could get some of our bird visitors to come hang out! lol. This was very helpful! (you look like your in the PB/la jolla area) that street looks familiar haha great vid! ; )
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Melinda
If you want to keep the squirrels out of your bird feeder then feed only safflower seeds. The birds love them but the squirrels don't. I have been told by an old birder that seed is bitter to squirrels. I have tried it and she was right. My squirrels eat out of their feeder and waterer in our front yard and leave the birds feeder and waterer alone in the backyard.
I also find the birds like a fountain and see them by my small one in my backyard quite often. Thank you for such an informative video.
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If you want to keep the squirrels out of your bird feeder then feed only safflower seeds. The birds love them but the squirrels don't. I have been told by an old birder that seed is bitter to squirrels. I have tried it and she was right. My squirrels eat out of their feeder and waterer in our front yard and leave the birds feeder and waterer alone in the backyard.
I also find the birds like a fountain and see them by my small one in my backyard quite often. Thank you for such an informative video.
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Matt
Hey bud i am an avid birder my entire life and an avid gardener the type of birds that you want to attract into your garden are sparrows they comb the ground for small insect such beetles Grubbs caterpillars that are crawling on the ground also do you wanna attract mockingbirds robins and Blue Jays during the spring time when they raise their young they are voracious insect feeders and will target hornworms and tomato worms in your garden
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Hey bud i am an avid birder my entire life and an avid gardener the type of birds that you want to attract into your garden are sparrows they comb the ground for small insect such beetles Grubbs caterpillars that are crawling on the ground also do you wanna attract mockingbirds robins and Blue Jays during the spring time when they raise their young they are voracious insect feeders and will target hornworms and tomato worms in your garden
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Patrick
Great video! I love that you have created a little ecosystem in an otherwise desolate urban environment. One suggestion for the bird house is putting a metal portal around the hole. Seeing that you had a squirrel in your yard, it would protect the nesting birds and their eggs/offspring from squirrel predation. Might mess up the aesthetics of the house, but it would make it safer for the birds.
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Great video! I love that you have created a little ecosystem in an otherwise desolate urban environment. One suggestion for the bird house is putting a metal portal around the hole. Seeing that you had a squirrel in your yard, it would protect the nesting birds and their eggs/offspring from squirrel predation. Might mess up the aesthetics of the house, but it would make it safer for the birds.
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Noah
Awesome video! The Cornell Lab of Ornithology also has two really killer apps- Merlin Bird ID and eBird- that you can use to identify birds and report and catalog birds you see in your yard and what areas/features they seem to frequent. Its beneficial to ornithologists and is just cool becoming more aware of how you fit into the ecosystem around your home.
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Awesome video! The Cornell Lab of Ornithology also has two really killer apps- Merlin Bird ID and eBird- that you can use to identify birds and report and catalog birds you see in your yard and what areas/features they seem to frequent. Its beneficial to ornithologists and is just cool becoming more aware of how you fit into the ecosystem around your home.
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Lteefaw
I'd go through all the trouble of putting up nesting boxes and these crazy birds would much rather make a home in my door wreath that I picked up from at the Good Will. I couldn't use the side door to my garage for weeks. They also made a nest in my grapevine. I felt like Snow White.
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I'd go through all the trouble of putting up nesting boxes and these crazy birds would much rather make a home in my door wreath that I picked up from at the Good Will. I couldn't use the side door to my garage for weeks. They also made a nest in my grapevine. I felt like Snow White.
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Mike
Kevin, Thanks for the tips. Question on birdbaths: I have a fountain that attracts a ton of birds. However changing the water weekly is not practical do to its clumsily size. I would like to keep the water cleaner. Is there an additive or treatment that can help? Thank You, M
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Kevin, Thanks for the tips. Question on birdbaths: I have a fountain that attracts a ton of birds. However changing the water weekly is not practical do to its clumsily size. I would like to keep the water cleaner. Is there an additive or treatment that can help? Thank You, M
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Falk
I started planting to attract certain birds 6 years ago and for the last 4, I have regular birds who diligently clear away nearly every pet I had.
For 4 years, the birds have meant I haven't bought pesticides.
A brilliant video, always more to learn
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I started planting to attract certain birds 6 years ago and for the last 4, I have regular birds who diligently clear away nearly every pet I had.
For 4 years, the birds have meant I haven't bought pesticides.
A brilliant video, always more to learn
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Ashmocosom
Sparrows be like - He probably has a camera in that too and will upload our private moments to internet and zuckerberg. Not to forget the tweety twat. Serious privacy issues with this property. Let's stay clear of that and find an abandoned house.
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Sparrows be like - He probably has a camera in that too and will upload our private moments to internet and zuckerberg. Not to forget the tweety twat. Serious privacy issues with this property. Let's stay clear of that and find an abandoned house.
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Dale
We've had a pair of Carolina Wrens nest in our garden the past two years. Once in a hanging basket about 5 ft high, and in a 5 gal bucket with a bushy determinate tomato. Beautiful songs for tiny birds.
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We've had a pair of Carolina Wrens nest in our garden the past two years. Once in a hanging basket about 5 ft high, and in a 5 gal bucket with a bushy determinate tomato. Beautiful songs for tiny birds.
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luckyducky224
Looks like a fledgling! I have three in my garden right now that recently left a nest on my house. I'm glad I have a fence so they are protected while they learn how to fly. So cute to watch
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Looks like a fledgling! I have three in my garden right now that recently left a nest on my house. I'm glad I have a fence so they are protected while they learn how to fly. So cute to watch
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