Not only will you get the enjoyment of watching nature first hand, you will also be doing a great service.  There are birds, in the winter months, that need an extra little bit of food to survive, there are migrating birds in the fall and spring months that need both food and shelter.  And, of course, you can offer shelter during the mating and laying seasons.

There are so many different types of birds that we can attract and watch.  We just need to understand what type of bird house to use and what type of food we will use in the bird house feeder.  As they say – if you build it, they will come.

Do a little reseach as to what types of birds can be found in your local area and then you can decide the types of birds you want to attract.  That will dictate the type of bird house you put in the garden (or window sill or whereever) and what type of feed you will use.

Certain species will only stay in certain types of bird houses and certain species will only eat certin types of food from specific type of bird house feeder.

For example, hummingbirds will be attracted to nectar type foods that you place in a hummingbird feeder but finches will need to be fed seeds from a feeder that is below the bird house perch as they feed upside-down.

Bird houses range in price from a few dollars to hundreds of dollars for hand carved masterpieces.  Feed is very inexpensive.  Both can be found online very easily.

You can start out very simply and cheaply by just getting a simple feeding tray and putting some feed out.  You will soon discoiver what types of birds are in the local area.  Of course, you also find out very quickly if you have squirrels around.  They love bird feed.

There are plenty of solutions to combat squirrel issues so they don’t steal and spoil the bird’s food.

We suggest you use the resources on this site to do a little more research on birds, bird houses, bird house feeders and bird feeding methods.

Just enjoy our little friends and know you are doing a great service to yourself and nature.

I never thought that I would ever see a woodpecker come to my bird feeder .I have seen them in the neighborhood before but was shocked to see him land and feed from the feeder.He or she has been back a couple of times since this video but is very skittish,as soon as he sees any movement in the house or hears a noise inside he takes off.We also have Cardinals,Titmice,Sparrows,Nuthatches,Chickadees,Pine Warblers and Gold Finches as regular guests.Not to mention A couple of Hummingbirds that like to spy on me through the window .

The Blue Jay is frequenting the feeder now! Many baby birds learning to fly are there getting lessons from parents. I have some close ups of them. There is also a new visitor at feed station, a House Sparrow.

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After a squirrel chewed through the bottom of the current feeder, I decided to make a new feeder with scraps that I had.

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The bird feeder is very busy this time of year! Taken with Canon Powershot SX30SI

But then the birds started building nests in the boards of the patio, above the table, and next to the barbecue. Then came the poop. It was everywhere: on the patio tile, the chairs, the table .. EVERYWHERE!!!!

Then some of the birds turned mean. They would dive bomb and try to peck me even though I had fed them out of my own pocket. And others birds were boisterous and loud. They sat on the feeder and squawked and screamed at all hours of the day and night and demanded that I fill it when it got low on food.

After a while, I couldn’t even sit on my own back porch anymore. So I took down the bird feeder and in three days the birds were gone. I cleaned up their mess and took down the many nests they had built all over the patio. Soon, the back yard was like it used to be …. Quiet, Serene…. and no one demanding their rights to a free meal!

Now let’s see. Our government gives out free food, subsidized housing, free medical care and free education, and allows anyone born here to be an automatic Citizen?

So then the illegal’s came by the millions. Suddenly our taxes went up to pay for free services. Small apartments are housing 15 people. You have to wait 6 hours to be seen by an emergency room doctor. Your child’s second grade class is behind other schools because over half the class doesn’t speak English.

Just my opinion, but maybe it’s time for the government to take down the bird feeder. If you agree, pass it on! If not, just continue cleaning up the poop!"

This was written by some guy commenting on a yahoo article. I agree with him. Do you?

Now lets see…our government gives out free food, subsidized housing, free
medical care, free education and allows anyone born here to be a automatic
citizen. Then the illegal’s came by the tens of thousands. Suddenly our
taxes went up to pay for free services; small apartments are housing 5
families: you have to wait 6 hours to be seen by an emergency room doctor:
you child’s 2nd grade class is behind other schools because over half the
class doesn’t speak English: Corn Flakes now come in a bilingual box; I
have to press "one" to hear my bank talk to me in English, and people
waving flags other than "Old Glory" are squawking and screaming in the
streets, demanding more rights and free liberties. Maybe it’s time for the
government to take down the bird feeder.

Within a week we had hundreds of birds taking advantage of the continuous flow of free and easily accessible food.

But then the birds started building nests in the boards of the patio, above the table, and next to the barbecue.

Then came the poop. It was everywhere: on the patio tile, the chairs, the table…everywhere.

Then some of the birds turned mean: They would dive bomb me and try to peck me even though I had fed them out of my own pocket.

And others birds were boisterous and loud:

They sat on the feeder and squawked and screamed at all hours of the day and night and demanded that I fill it when it got low on food.

After a while, I couldn’t even sit on my own back porch anymore.

I took down the bird feeder and in three days the birds were gone.

I cleaned up their mess and took down the many nests they had built all over the patio.

Soon, the back yard was like it used to be…… quiet, serene and no one demanding their rights to a free meal.

Now lets see……. our government gives out free food, subsidized housing, free medical care, free education and allows anyone born here to be an automatic citizen.

Then the illegals came by the hundreds of thousands.

Suddenly our taxes went up to pay for free services; small apartments are housing 5 families: you have to wait 6 hours to be seen by an emergency room doctor: your child’s 2nd grade class is behind other schools because over half the class doesn’t speak English: Corn Flakes now come in a bilingual box; I have to press "one" to hear my bank talk to me in English, and people waving flags other than "Old Glory" are squawking and screaming in the streets, demanding more rights and free liberties.

Maybe it’s time for the government to take down the bird feeder."