i need help and tips for attracting a variety of birds to my feeders?
May 30, 2010 Bird House Feeder
My grandfather bird feeders have bluebirds,cardinals,yellow birds,goldfinches,woodpeckers,blackbirds,chickadees,titmouses,mowckingbirds,finches,doves,wren,snowbirds,robins etc. but he has 4 cages which you put blocks or cakes in of food and he has 3 feeders normally there is an average of 15 birds at his feeders sometimes more than 40 but you hardly ever see the trees without birds he uses various kinds of cakes but the same feed about 3 weeks ago i put up some feeders and he keeps telling me that i will get the various types of birds but so far i have only gotten chickadees,titmouses,doves,woodpeckers,snowbirds,and 1 purple finch but i have 3 cages for cakes and 2 feeders i use the same feed and everything but i cant seem to get the variety of birds i see bluebirds setting on our powerlines but not eating and about a mile or less behind our house where we ride 4 wheelers there is cardinal galore about 20-30 in fields next to a wooded area i need a variety of birds please i need tips
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Hummingbirds are fun, entertaining, full of energy and it’s easy to attract hummingbirds.
Make bird calls every now and then.
It will take a while for the birds to find your feeders, but they will eventually. Your grandfather has probably been feeding them for years so generations of birds have figured out that he has food for them. Be patient, they’ll come, your grandpa is right.
As for the bluebirds, they don’t eat seed. You might be able to lure them by using mealworms on a tray, but they might not come either. Try setting out a couple of bluebird boxes, but it can take a long, long time for bluebirds to settle in your area. We tried for years before it worked.