Attract Birds to Your Backyard

The cutest thing happened the other day. I have a squirrel platform on a pine tree. I put out some dried corn, peanuts, and pumpkin seeds to feed the grey squirrel that frequents my yard. Two Steller Jays came to the feeder first and began to eat the peanuts. Suddenly the grey squirrel came rushing down the tree. The Steller Jays flew to a nearby bush and squawked loudly. The grey squirrel threw his body over the feeder covering his food. It looked as if he was saying, "Mine! All mine!" The squirrel began stuffing his cheeks and running down to bury his treasured food. The jays then took the opportunity to fly up to the feeder and stuff their cheeks and flew off to stash their treasured food in an unknown secret place where the squirrel could not find it. None of them understand that the source of the food is me. When they are out of food, I will just put some more on the feeder. ***********************************************************************
In my yard, not only do I have Steller Jays and Squirrels, but a variety of Hummingbirds, Finches, Downey Woodpeckers, Pileated Woodpeckers, Sparrows, Red-breasted Nuthatches, Northern Flickers, Black-capped Chickadees,Chestnut-backed Chickadees, Robins, Crows, yellow Warbler's, Western Tanagers, European Starlings, Spotted Towhee, and many other types of birds. With this many birds coming and going from my yard, I constantly have beautiful song and great entertainment watching their behaviors.
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How can you make bird frindly yards. You can do it anywhere; from an apartment balcony, to a tiny bit of yard. There is one man in prison in Monroe, Washington that feeds the birds out of his small window. The birds know, out of all the many windows, which one to fly to. Birds, like all animals, need food. If you keep on ongoing supply of different bird foods, they will all come eventually. Then next year when the migrating birds come back (like hummingbirds) they will look for food in your yard first and raise their babies in your neighborhood. So what do you need?
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1. You need seed and foods that attract the different birds in your area. A good book on birds will help. Try this website and click on the birds section: http://www.everythingnaturalpetfood.com/PetEducationBooks.html
2. You need to find a large variety of foods to choose from. Try this website and click on Wild Bird seeds: http://www.everythingnaturalpetfood.com/WildCrittersSupplies.html
3. Birds need a source of drinking water, especially during dry months when rain is scarace. Try this website and click on Duncraft Bird Baths: http://www.everythingnaturalpetfood.com/WildCrittersSupplies.html
4. To keep birds in your area you can provide feeders. Look at the variety of feeders links on http://www.everythingnaturalpetfood.com/WildCrittersSupplies.html
5. To attract and assit the nesting building in early spring, you can lay out some nesting materials. Go to http://www.everythingnaturalpetfood.com/WildCrittersSupplies.html, click on Bird Houses, choose Bird Houses, scroll down to Nesting Materials.

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Continue your feeding and watering and building your yard with bird frindly bushes, houses, etc. and year after year they will be back and bring their babies with them.

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If your a squirrell lover like I am, don't forget to look at http://www.everythingnaturalpetfood.com/WildCrittersSupplies.html and look at the squirell foods.

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Wild Critters Winter Preparation

The warmth of summer will soon be slipping into the chills of fall. We are now preparing for our children to go back to school. What are we doing to help our exquisite wild critters that frequent our yards? What about the various wild birds, deer, squirrels, etc. They all could use our assistance to make it through the tough cold season ahead.

I personally have a large variety of wild birds and a couple of grey squirrels. Occasionally, a small red squirrel frequents the bird feeder and picks up sunflower seeds on the ground. Knowing this I pour a few extra seeds on the ground for them to find. I also put squirrel food (sunflower seeds, corn, and peanuts) under a big pine tree. I keep suet feeders, thissle and sunflower seed feeders year round as well.

This year, the forest behind my house was cut down. An entire family of red squirrels and a family of raccoons have disappeared. The loan red squirrel visiting my feeder may be the only survivor. I am one of the people who enjoy all kinds of wildlife and do my best to afford some food for them all year. I try to pay closer attention to what they need in the fall and winter as food is scarcer at that time of year. One year I fed a pair of Nuthatches all winter. In the spring they brought their babies to my feeder for food. That was my reward. They went off to forage but would still come back to visit my yard. What a blessing.

To help us prepare for our wild critters, the following are some product suggestions and where to find them.

Wild Bird Seed can is available by any type no matter how hard it is to find such as: a blend of sunflower hearts, millet, canary seed and cracked corn to attract buntings, woodpeckers, juncos, cardinals, grosbeaks, chickadees, nuthatches and more. Many other varieties are available so look this one up. Automatic deliveries as often as you need can be arranged so you always have your wild birds favorite seed available.

Bird Feeders, Fruit & Nut feeders, Meal Worm Feeders: the largest variety I have ever seen in one place. Something for every type of bird.
Suets: Berry Treat, Birdsblend Song Bird, Blueberry Suet Cake, and Orange Delight suet cakes.
Oriel feeders: Beautiful glass designs as well as many colorful designs.
Squirrel Food & Feeders: Fifteen varieties of squirrel foods and feeders that are entertaining for you to watch like Corn on the Cob Jungle Gyms.
Deer Blocks: Whitetail Deer Block is full of vitamins, minerals and many other nutritious ingredients for attracting deer to your yard all year round.
Bird Houses: From Victorian style, to Window View Houses, to Nesting Houses, to Bat Houses, you have it all here to choose from.

Bird Bathes: Elegant styles, some with drippers, some with heaters, some are solar. Best variety of bird baths anywhere.
Bird Seed Containers: To store your bird seeds safely there needs to be a proper container. You will also find seed scoops.
Bird books, guides & DVDs: A library of bird books on topics like: Enjoying Cadinals, Enjoying Humingbirds, Enjoying Bird Feeding, Creating Your Backyard Bird Garden, Identification Guide to Common Back Yard Birds, Enjoying Squirrels, Guide to Bird Homes, Lost in the Woods movie, and many more.
Bird Seed Blocks: Bird seed blocks for hanging feeders as well as ground feeders.
Brackets & Poles for Feeders & Houses: Forty two styles and items from fancy to simple for hanging your feeders and bird houses.

No More Window Collision Decals: No more birds crashing into your windows. Decals that can be seen by birds on the windows but not by you inside.

Night Guard to stop Bears, Deer, Raccoons from entering your yard: If you don't want these critters in your yard or garden, this is a safe solar powered red flashing light that keeps them out.

I hope you find enough wild bird and wild critter supplies at EverythingNaturalPetFood.com to keep your yard filled with wildlife this fall and winter. I also recommend a good visit to this site to see other items you may need like: Pet Health Insurance, Natural-Human Grade-Organic-Holistic dog and cat food, Pet Wellness Care Products including Pet Rx Prescriptions, all small animal, reptile, and fish supplies. There is a very large selection of Pet Education Books including on Horses. If you like to buy pet gifts, they are here including pet gifts for we humans. If you find anything missing, send me a comment and we'll find it for you.