Do you feed wild birds? What kind of birds and with what?

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Answer 1

I have several different feeders in my yard, and at least 30 species of birds that visit regularly. I have a nyger (thistle) feeder, a sunflower feeder, a hanging feeder for wild bird mix, a nectar feeder, a jelly feeder, and several suet feeders. I have a dish feeder on my deck where I feed whole corn, mixed seed, black sunflower seed and peanut parts. I also put mixed seed, whole corn and fruit on the ground for ground feeding birds. I NEVER feed the birds bread, cake, cookies, crackers or any of the other human snacks that people are so fond of sharing with our feathered friends. A bird's digestive system is not designed to deal with the refined sugars and processed flours found in such treats.

In my back yard, I regularly have the following species (depending on season):
American Goldfinch, House Finch, Purple Finch, Northern Cardinal, Blue Jay, Red-bellied Woodpecker, Downy Woodpecker, Hairy Woodpecker, White-breasted Nuthatch, American Robin, American Tree Sparrow, Baltimore Oriole, Black-capped Chickadee, Brown Thrasher, Brown-headed Cowbird, Chipping Sparrow, Common Grackle, Common Redpoll, Dark-eyed Junco, Europen Starling, Red-winged Blackbird, Harris's Sparrow, English House Sparrow, Mourning Doves, Northern Flicker, Rose-breasted Grosbeak, Ruby-throated Hummingbird, Tree Swallows, White-throated Sparrows and several Cooper's Hawks that are attracted by all the song birds. We have also had an occasional visit from Red-breasted Nuthatches, Yellow-headed Blackbirds, and Pileated Woodpeckers. Currently, we have an albino American Goldfinch that is hanging with a flock of English House Sparrows.

Answer 2

you wanna hear something really cool? you can feed wild birds from your hands! mostly its the chickadees that do this, but the goldfinch and the purple finch occasionally feed from hands!
heres what u gotta do!
~ first, put out a chair where birds come to feed alot.it would be better to do this when it is in early january, and the birds are hungry put some birdseed on a mitten on the chair and the birds will come eat it. keep doing this every day for 3 days at the same time of day
~ now sit in the chair with the exact mitten on and put some bird seed in the gloved hand, its ok if the birds dont come the first day, but they will soon!
~ after you accomplish step 2 about 5 days in a row, take off the glove and put the food in your bare hand, the birds will feast. let them do this for 4 days!
~ next, take away the chair, and feed them from the palm of your hand! its the coolest thing ever!

soon you will recognize the birds as the same ones come back every day! thats when you can name them, and they become like wild pets! never take one in as a pet though!

good luck and i hope this method works for you as good as it did for me!

Answer 3

Yes, I have a hummingbird feeder as well as a suet feeder. I get humminbirds feeding of course, plus several other species visiting the suet feeder: White-breasted Nuthatch, Oak Titmouse, Mountain Chickadee, Acorn Woodpecker, Nuttal's Woodpecker, Stellars Jay, Scrub Jay, and the Dark-eyed Juncos come and eat the suet that has fallen to the ground.

Answer 4

you need bread crumbs bird sead nuts (unsalted) (high in fat.)
Fat or lard. meat ie ham bakok fat ect. melt the fat and mix in the rest put a strin in the middle with a knot at the end put in fridge when hard and dosent fall apart hang on tree PERFECT

Answer 5

horn bills. at my uncle's house. with pellets, seeds and cheerios.